Hordaland Folkeblad

Hordaland Folkeblad (The Hordaland People's Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Norheimsund in Hordaland 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

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
  1. Store norske leksikon: Hordaland Folkeblad.
  2. Skaathun, Olav Bertin. 1961. Soga for Fusa, Hålandsdal og Strandvik. Bergen: Central trykkeriet, vol. 1. p. 153.
  3. Hordaland Folkeblad: Om HF.
  4. Medienorge: Opplagstall norske aviser.
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