List of newspapers in Norway

Categories

Norwegian newspapers fall into several categories:

• National newspapers, i.e., those that target readers in all regions.
• Political party newspapers, i.e., those that function more or less as a party or political movement's mouthpiece
• Regional newspapers, i.e., those that target readers in a geographic area.
• Tabloid and broadsheet papers

Market size

The Institute for Information and Media Science at the University of Bergen lists 296 newspapers in 2003. These account for a combined circulation of more than 3 million.

Newspapers

Following is a sample of newspapers published in Norway.

Newspaper	Category	Average daily circulation (2003)	Ranking	Notes
Adresseavisen	regional	86,570	6
Aftenposten	national	256,639	2	Circulation numbers are for the national morning edition. The regional evening edition's circulation is 155,366 (ranked 4th).
Agder	regional
Agderposten	regional	24,834	26
Akershus Amtstidende ("Amta")	regional	8,931
Andøyposten	regional	2,262	180
Askøyværingen	regional
Avisa Nordland	regional	26,360	24
Bergens Tidende	regional	90,087	5
Bergensavisen	regional	30,952	17
Bladet Tromsø	regional	11,071	53
Bladet Vesterålen	regional
Bondebladet	weekly newspaper	82,995
Brønnøysunds avis	regional	4,688	122
Budstikka	regional	31,113	16
Dag og Tid	national	6,982	87	Nynorsk
Dagbladet	national	186,136	3	tabloid
Dagen	national	8,628	69	conservative Christian
Dagens Næringsliv	national	69,262	8	business
Dagsavisen	national	32,706	15	social democratic
Demokraten	regional	11,523	50
Drammens Tidende	regional	45,271	9
Driva	regional	4,388	128
Enebakk Avis	regional
Fanaposten	regional	4,599	124
Finnmark Dagblad	regional	9,561	63
Finnmarken	regional	7,332	63
Firda Tidend	regional
Firda	regional
Firdaposten	regional
Fiskaren	national			fisheries
Fiskeribladet	national			fisheries
Fjordabladet	regional
Fjordenes Tidende	regional
Fjordingen	regional
Fjuken	regional	3,883	140
Framtid i nord	regional	4,858	118
Fredriksstad Blad	regional	25,661	25
Fremover	regional	9,902	60
Friheten	national			communist
Fædrelandsvennen	regional	45,125	10
Gjesdalbuen	regional
Glåmdalen	regional	20,603	30
Grannar	regional	3,883	139
Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen	regional	28,003	22
Halden Arbeiderblad	regional	9,494	64	social democratic
Hallingdølen	regional
Hamar Arbeiderblad	regional	28,490	21	social democratic
Hamar Dagblad	regional	4,607	123
Harstad Tidende	regional	14,749	42
Haugesunds Avis	regional	34,811	13
Helgeland Arbeiderblad	regional	9,402
Indre Akershus Blad	regional	7,035	85
Jarlsberg Avis	regional	3,288	149
Jærbladet	regional
Klassekampen	national	7,178	84	socialist
Koordinatoren	online only
Kvinnheringen	regional
Laagendalsposten	regional	10,823	55
Levanger-Avisa	regional	4,706	121
Lofotposten	regional	8,208	72
Lofot-Tidende	regional
Magazinet	national			conservative Christian
Morgenbladet	national	8,255	70
Moss Avis	regional	16,169	35
Moss Dagblad	regional	7,551	80
Møre-Nytt	regional
Nationen	national	16,987	34	agriculture
Nettavisen	online only
Nordlys	regional	29,437	19
Norge i dag	national			conservative Christian
Ny Tid	national	4,519	126
Nye Troms	regional	4,957	116
Opdalingen	regional	3,019	157
Oppland Arbeiderblad	regional	28,890	20	social democratic
Osloposten	regional
Panorama.no	online only			music
Porsgrunn Dagblad	regional
Rana Blad	regional	10,923	54
Ringerikes Blad	regional	12,787	47
Rjukan Arbeiderblad	regional
Rogalands Avis	regional	12,787	47
Romerikes Blad	regional	38,337	11
Romsdals Budstikke	regional	18,639	32
Saltenposten	regional	4,032	133
Sandefjords Blad	regional
Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad	regional	15,916	37	social democratic
Sogn Avis	regional	11,325	52
Stavanger Aftenblad	regional	70,101	7
Strandbuen	regional
Sunnhordland	regional	8,179	73
Sunnmørsposten	regional	36,020	12
Svalbardposten	regional	3,224	152
Telemarksavisa	regional	22,503	28
The Foreigner	online only			online, English
The Nordic Page	national	10,000		English monthly
The Oslo Times	online only			online, English
Tidens Krav	regional	15,485	38
TradeWinds	international	7,800		maritime business
Troms Folkeblad	regional	7,796	77
Trønder-Avisa	regional	23,457	27
Tysvær Bygdeblad	regional
Tønsberg Blad	regional	32,971	14
Upstream	international	6,500
Varden	regional	30,695	18
Varingen	regional
Verdens Gang	national	380,190	1	tabloid
Vest Telemark Blad	regional
Vesteraalens Avis	regional	2,670	169
Vestnytt	regional
Vårt Land	national	26,782	23	Christian
Østkantavisa	regional
Østlandets Blad	regional
Østlands-Posten	regional
Østlendingen	regional

Online editions

The Institute for Journalism provides a directory of online newspapers.