Nordlys

Short description: Norwegian newspaper

Nordlys

Nordlys headquarters building in Tromsø

Owner(s)| Amedia
Founder(s)| Alfred Eriksen
Founded| 1902; 124 years ago (1902)
Headquarters| Tromsø
Circulation| 26,000 (2009)
Website| https://www.nordlys.no

Nordlys is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø,[1] covering the region of Troms,[2] and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway.

## History and profile

Nordlys was founded in 1902[3] by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chief. The majority owner of the paper is A-Pressen,[3][4] until 2012, when A-Pressen was renamed Amedia.[5] The paper is headquartered in Tromsø.[3] It was an organ of the Labour Party.[3]

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.[5]

Anders Opdahl served as chief editor from 2011 to 2016, and Helge Nitteberg has been chief editor since 2016.[5]

Nordlys has been one of the major sponsors of the Tromsø International Film Festival since its inception in 1991.[6]

The circulation of Nordlys was 28,000 copies in 2005.[3] In 2008 the paper had a circulation of 26,714 copies. It was 26,000 copies in 2009.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eli Skogerbø; Marte Winsvold (2011). "Audiences on the move? Use and assessment of local print and online newspapers". European Journal of Communication 26 (3): 218. http://www.usc.es/posgrao/posteoria/profesorado/lopez/2012/European_Journal_of_Communication-2011-Skogerb_-214-29.p_European_Journal_of_Communication-2011-Skogerb_-214-29.pdf. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=awICAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA185. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "The press in Norway". BBC. 20 February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4251111.stm.
4. ↑ Robert G. Picard, ed (2002). Media Firms: Structures, Operations, and Performance. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 127. https://www.questia.com/read/104790656/media-firms-structures-operations-and-performance.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Nordlys" (in no). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Nordlys. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
6. ↑ "Media Partners". Tromsø International Film Festivall. http://tiff.no/en/media-partners.

## External links

* Web edition

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