Hordaland Folkeblad (The Hordaland People's Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Norheimsund in Vestland county.
The newspaper was established in 1873 and is one of the oldest local newspapers in Norway. It covers news in the municipalities of Kvam and Jondal. 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') after Nils Nilsson Skaar (1852–1948), who became the paper's editor in 1878 and its sole owner in 1889. The current editor is Sigbjørn Linga, who assumed the position in 2013.
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
- 2016: 5,299
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon: Hordaland Folkeblad.
- Skaathun, Olav Bertin. 1961. Soga for Fusa, Hålandsdal og Strandvik. Bergen: Central trykkeriet, vol. 1. p. 153.
- ^ Hordaland Folkeblad: Om HF.
- "Medienorge: Opplagstall norske aviser". Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
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