Urd (magazine)
{{Short description|Former Norwegian women's magazine}}
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Urd was a Norwegian women's magazine that existed from 1879 to 1958.{{cite web|author=Brita Ytre-Arne|title=Women's magazines and their readers|url=https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/handle/1956/5666/Ytre-Arne_Main_thesis.pdf?sequence=1|publisher=University of Bergen|access-date=20 September 2014|format=PhD Thesis}}
History and profile
Urd was named after Urðr, a guardian of the Yggdrasil in Norse mythology. It was founded by sisters Cecilie and Anna Bøe in 1879.{{cite book|author=Janet Garton|title=Norwegian Women's Writing 1850-1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FqvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|access-date=14 November 2014|date=1 December 2000|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-567-38757-8|page=98}} Anna was the editor-in-chief until 1933, whereas Cecilie had responsibility for finance.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anna Bøe|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Espen|last=Haavardsholm|author-link=Espen Haavardsholm|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Anna_B%C3%B8e/utdypning|language=no|access-date=19 December 2009}} The magazine was marked by a higher content of art and culture than many other women's magazines, and had a distinct faith in progress, and a Christian profile. It also included articles concerning the struggle for women's suffrage.{{cite journal|author=Brita Ytre-Arne|title=Changing Magazine Journalism|journal=Nordicom Review|date=2013|volume=34|issue=Special Issue|pages=75–88|url=http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/files/kapitel-pdf/06_ytre-arne_0.pdf|access-date=20 September 2014}}
The magazine became defunct in 1958 due to weak finances.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Urd – kvinneblad|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Urd/kvinneblad|language=no|access-date=19 December 2009}}
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Category:1879 establishments in Norway
Category:1958 disestablishments in Norway
Category:Defunct magazines published in Norway
Category:Magazines established in 1879
Category:Magazines disestablished in 1958
Category:Norwegian-language magazines