Hordaland Folkeblad

Norwegian newspaper

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

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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

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1. ^ a b c d e Store norske leksikon: Hordaland Folkeblad.
2. ^ Skaathun, Olav Bertin. 1961. Soga for Fusa, Hålandsdal og Strandvik. Bergen: Central trykkeriet, vol. 1. p. 153.
3. ^ a b Hordaland Folkeblad: Om HF.
4. ^ "Medienorge: Opplagstall norske aviser". Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-05-22.

## External links

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* Hordaland Folkeblad home page