Nordlys
{{Short description|Norwegian newspaper}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox Newspaper
| name = Nordlys
| image = File:Newspaper Nordlys Tromsø HQ 2022.jpg
| caption = Nordlys headquarters building in Tromsø
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| founder = Alfred Eriksen
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1902}}
| owners = Amedia
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| headquarters = Tromsø
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| website = {{URL|https://www.nordlys.no}}
| circulation = 26,000 (2009)
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Nordlys is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø, covering the region of Troms,{{cite book|author=David Redvaldsen|title=The Labour Party in Britain and Norway: Elections and the Pursuit of Power Between the World Wars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awICAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA185|access-date=12 April 2015|date=28 February 2011|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85771-952-2|page=185}} and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway.
History and profile
Nordlys was founded in 1902{{cite news|title=The press in Norway|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4251111.stm|access-date=7 April 2015|work=BBC|date=20 February 2006}} by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chief. The majority owner of the paper is A-Pressen,{{cite book|editor=Robert G. Picard|title=Media Firms: Structures, Operations, and Performance|date=2002|publisher=Lawrence Erlbaum Associates|location=Mahwah, NJ|page=127|url=https://www.questia.com/read/104790656/media-firms-structures-operations-and-performance|access-date=|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226123329/https://www.questia.com/read/104790656/media-firms-structures-operations-and-performance|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nordlys|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Nordlys|language=no|access-date=22 January 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.{{cite web|title=Media Partners|url=http://tiff.no/en/media-partners|work=Tromsø International Film Festivall|access-date=12 April 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101207/http://tiff.no/en/media-partners|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite journal|author1=Eli Skogerbø|author2=Marte Winsvold|title=Audiences on the move? Use and assessment of local print and online newspapers|journal=European Journal of Communication|date=2011|volume=26|issue=3|page=218|url=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|access-date=24 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414074440/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|archive-date=14 April 2012}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.nordlys.no Web edition]
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Category:1902 establishments in Norway
Category:Labour Party (Norway) newspapers
Category:Newspapers published in Norway
Category:Norwegian-language newspapers