Tønsbergs Blad

{{Short description|Local newspaper in Tønsberg, Norway}}

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Tønsbergs Blad is a local newspaper published in Tønsberg, Norway. The newspaper was founded by printer Hans Jørgen Magnus Hansen on 3 August 1870, with an initial circulation of 210 copies. By the turn of the century the circulation had grown to 2,600.{{cite web|url=http://tb.no/article/99999999/KUNDESENTER/9999001|title=Tønsbergs Blad historikk|work=Tønsbergs Blad|language=Norwegian|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531070344/http://tb.no/article/99999999/KUNDESENTER/9999001|archive-date=31 May 2008}} In 1881 the newspaper was purchased by Tønsbergs Aktietrykkeri, to operate as a conservative publication. In 1986 Orkla Media AS{{spaced ndash}}part of the Orkla Group{{spaced ndash}}took over ownership. When this company was taken over by the Mecom Group in 2006, it changed name to Edda Media.

Tønsbergs Blad had a circulation of 30,354 copies in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.medieregisteret.no/database/dbprogs/?1=1&fid=20171 |title=Tønsbergs Blad |publisher=Medieregisteret |language=Norwegian |access-date=16 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005111/http://www.medieregisteret.no/database/dbprogs/?1=1&fid=20171 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }} The newspaper employs 98 people full-time, and the editor in chief is Håkon Borud.