Nordlys

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Nordlys
Nordlys headquarters building in Tromsø
Owner(s)Amedia
Founder(s)Alfred Eriksen
Founded1902 (1902)
HeadquartersTromsø
Circulation26,000 (2009)
Websitehttps://www.nordlys.no

Nordlys is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø, covering the region of Troms, and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway.

History and profile

Nordlys was founded in 1902 by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chief. The majority owner of the paper is A-Pressen, until 2012, when A-Pressen was renamed Amedia. The paper is headquartered in Tromsø. It was an organ of the Labour Party.

Among the later editors are Ivan Kristoffersen, who edited the newspaper from 1982 to 1997, and Hans Kristian Amundsen who served in the position from 2001 to 2011.

Anders Opdahl served as chief editor from 2011 to 2016, and Helge Nitteberg has been chief editor since 2016.

Nordlys has been one of the major sponsors of the Tromsø International Film Festival since its inception in 1991.

The circulation of Nordlys was 28,000 copies in 2005. In 2008 the paper had a circulation of 26,714 copies. It was 26,000 copies in 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b Eli Skogerbø; Marte Winsvold (2011). "Audiences on the move? Use and assessment of local print and online newspapers" (PDF). European Journal of Communication. 26 (3): 218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ^ David Redvaldsen (28 February 2011). The Labour Party in Britain and Norway: Elections and the Pursuit of Power Between the World Wars. I.B.Tauris. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-85771-952-2. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The press in Norway". BBC. 20 February 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  4. ^ Robert G. Picard, ed. (2002). Media Firms: Structures, Operations, and Performance. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 127. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "Nordlys". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Media Partners". Tromsø International Film Festivall. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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