Hordaland Folkeblad
Hordaland Folkeblad (The Hordaland People's Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Norheimsund in Vestland county.[1]
The newspaper was established in 1873[1] and is one of the oldest local newspapers in Norway. It covers news in the municipalities of Kvam and Jondal.[1] Hordaland Folkeblad is published twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, and appears in Nynorsk. Locally, the newspaper is often referred to as Skaaralappen ('Skaar's slip')[2] after Nils Nilsson Skaar (1852–1948), who became the paper's editor in 1878[3] and its sole owner in 1889.[1] The current editor is Sigbjørn Linga, who assumed the position in 2013.[3]
Circulation[edit]
According to the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, Hordaland Folkeblad has had the following annual circulation:
- 2006: 5,733
- 2007: 5,790
- 2008: 5,799
- 2009: 5,762
- 2010: 5,680
- 2011: 5,620
- 2012: 5,633
- 2013: 5,608
- 2014: 5,520
- 2015: 5,482[1]
- 2016: 5,299[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Store norske leksikon: Hordaland Folkeblad.
- ^ Skaathun, Olav Bertin. 1961. Soga for Fusa, Hålandsdal og Strandvik. Bergen: Central trykkeriet, vol. 1. p. 153.
- ^ a b Hordaland Folkeblad: Om HF.
- ^ Medienorge: Opplagstall norske aviser.