Sirene (magazine)

Sirene was a Norwegian feminist magazine, issued from 1973 to 1983.[1]

Sirene
CategoriesFeminist magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation20,000 (1975)
PublisherJ.W. Cappelens Forlag (1973–1976)
Year founded1973
Final issue1983
CountryNorway
Based inChristiania (Oslo)
LanguageNorwegian

History and profile

Sirene was launched in 1973.[2] One of the founders was Bjørg Vik.[2] The magazine was published by the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag from 1973 to 1976, and thereafter by a dedicated foundation. It had a circulation of 20,000 at its maximum in 1975.[3]

In a thesis from 1978 at the University of Oslo, Turid Kleiva described Sirene as a feminist alternative to the traditional weekly magazines. The magazine did not have a dedicated editor, but was produced collectively by a group of editors. The editorial staff included Bjørg Vik, Bitten Modal, Ida Lou Larsen and others.[4] Sirene's regular illustrators included Tonje Strøm.[5] The magazine ended publication in 1983.[6]

References
  1. Ingrid Birce Muftuoglu (2009). "The everyday campaign – personal and aesthetic expressions of protest in the 1970s Women's Movement in Norway" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. Jane Eldridge Miller (January 2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-415-15980-7. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sirene". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. Kleiva, Turid (1978). "Sirene, eit feministisk alternativ til vekeblada" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tonje Strøm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  6. Unni Langås; Lisbeth Larsson; Anne Birgitte Richard. "Out of natural history and into modernity". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 27 February 2017.


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