Sunnmøre Arbeideravis

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Sunnmøre Arbeideravis (The Sunnmøre Workers Gazette) was a newspaper published by A-pressen in Ålesund, Norway from 1931 to 1985. It became a daily paper in 1934.Østbye, Helge. 1984. Massemediene. Oslo: Tiden, p. 75. The newspaper was known by the abbreviation SA.[http://www.nyttiuka.no/default.aspx?menu=642 Nytt i Uka: Om Nytt i Uka.]

Sunnmøre Arbeideravis was a continuation of Møre Social-Demokrat (1921–1931). Publication of Sunnmøre Arbeideravis was suspended during the German occupation, from May 1, 1940, until May 8, 1945.Norske arbeiderparti. Granskningskomitéen. 1945. Krigen i Norge og riksrådsforhandlingene: Det norske Arbeiderparti fra 9. april til 25. sept. 1940. Oslo: Det norske Arbeiderpartis forlag, p. 58. During its first years, the editing was overseen by an editorial committee, which consisted of Gustav Melsæther, Olav Istad, Anton L. Alvestad, and Angell Benjaminsen in 1934. When the newspaper became a daily in 1934, a permanent editor was appointed.

After the paper was discontinued, some of its staff launched the free newspaper Nytt i uka.