list of newspapers in Norway
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The number of national daily newspapers in Norway was 96 in 1950, whereas it was 83 in 1965.{{cite book|title=A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/pnorris/Acrobat/VIRTUOUS/CHAPTER4.PDF|author=Pippa Norris|accessdate=6 October 2013|chapter=Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?|date=Fall 2000}} A total of 191 newspapers was published in 1969.{{cite web|title=Production grants for news and current affairs media|url=http://www.mediebedriftene.no/globalassets/mediepolitikk/productiongrant_notification_final_20062013.pdf|work=Ministry of Culture|accessdate=21 January 2015|date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122015146/http://www.mediebedriftene.no/globalassets/mediepolitikk/productiongrant_notification_final_20062013.pdf|archive-date=22 January 2015|url-status=dead}} There were 221 newspapers in the country in 1996.{{cite web|title=Media in Norway|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/archive/Brundtlands-3rd-Government/kd/Veiledninger-og-brosjyrer/1996/media-in-norway.html?id=419207|work=Regjeringen|accessdate=22 November 2014|format=Guideline|date=31 August 1996}} The number of the newspaper was 233 in the country in 1999.{{cite web|title=Norway|url=http://www.pressreference.com/No-Sa/Norway.html|publisher=Press Reference|accessdate=7 March 2015}} The Institute for Information and Media Science at the University of Bergen listed 296 newspapers in 2003. There were 297 titles in 2012.
Categories
Norwegian newspapers fall into several categories:
- National newspapers, i.e., those that target readers in all regions.
- Political party newspapers, i.e., those that function more or less as a party or political movement's mouthpiece.
- Regional newspapers, i.e., those that target readers in a geographic area.
- Tabloid and broadsheet papers.
Newspapers
Following is a sample of newspapers published in Norway.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Newspaper !! Category !! FrequencyWillings 2015 !Script style!! Owner (in 2014) !! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||||
| Adresseavisen | regional | daily
|75,584 |Blackletter (1767-1910) Antiqua (1910-) | Adresseavisen ASA | ||
| Aftenposten | national | daily
| 252,448 |Blackletter (1860-1912) Antiqua (1912-) | Aftenposten AS | ||
| Agder | regional | twice a week
| 6,669 | | Avisen Agder AS | |
| Agderposten | regional | daily
| 19,633 | | AS Agderposten | |
| Akers Avis
|regional | |8,713 | | | | ||||
| Akershus Amtstidende | regional | daily
| 8,138 | | Akershus Amtstidende AS | |
| Ullern Avis/Akersposten
|regional | |1,051 | | | | ||||
| Altaposten
|regional | |5,091 | | | | ||||
| Alvdal midt i væla
|regional | |2,314 | | | | ||||
| Andøyposten | regional | twice a week
| 1,752 | | Andøyposten AS | |
| Arbeidets Rett
|regional | |7,322 | | | | ||||
| Arendals Tidende
|regional | |1,195 | | | | ||||
| Askøyværingen | regional | twice a week
| 4,917 | | Askøyværingen AS | |
| Aura Avis
|regional | |3,019 | | | | ||||
| Aust Agder Blad
|regional | |3,693 | | | | ||||
| Avisa Hemnes
|regional | |1,434 | | | | ||||
| Avisa Lofoten
|regional | |1,217 | | | | ||||
| Avisa Nordland | regional | daily
| 21,820 | | Avisa Nordland AS | |
| Avisa Oslo
|regional | |8,533 | | | | ||||
| Ávvir
|regional | |1,422 | | | | ||||
| Bergens Tidende | regional | daily
| 89,533 | | Bergens Tidende AS | |
| Bergensavisen | regional | daily
| 27,815 | | Bergensavisen AS | |
| Birkenes-Avisa
|regional | |1,108 | | | | ||||
| Bladet
|regional | |7,779 | | | | ||||
| Bladet Vesterålen | regional | daily
| 7,577 | | Bladet Vesterålen AS | |
| Brønnøysunds avis | regional | daily
| 4,180 | | Brønnøysunds Avis AS | |
| Budstikka | regional | daily
| 22,762 | | Asker og Bærums Budstikke ASA | |
| Bygdanytt
|regional | |4,593 | | | | ||||
| Bygdebladet
|regional | |2,298 | | | | ||||
| Bygdabladet Randaberg og Rennesøy
|regional | |3,481 | | | | ||||
| Bygdeposten
|regional | |6,744 | | | | ||||
| Bø Blad
|regional | |2,806 | | | | ||||
| Bømlo-Nytt
|regional | |3,810 | | | | ||||
| Dag og Tid | national | | 13,758
| | Nynorsk | |
| Dagbladet | national | daily
| 110,092 | | AS Dagbladet | tabloid |
| Dagen | national | daily
| 15,611 | | Dagbladet Dagen AS | conservative Christian |
| Dagens Næringsliv | national | daily
| 94,094 | | Dagens Næringsliv AS | business |
| Dagens Perspektiv
|regional | |4,121 | | | | ||||
| Dagsavisen | national | daily
| 20,787 |Blackletter (1884-1912) Antiqua (1912-) | social democratic | |
| Dalane Tidende | regional | twice a week
| 6,775 | | Dalane Tidende og Egersunds Avis AS | |
| Drammens Tidende | regional | daily
| 27,373 | | Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad AS | |
| Drangedalsposten
|regional | |1,723 | | | | ||||
| Driva | regional | twice a week
| 3,790 | | Driva-Trykk AS | |
| Dølen
|regional | |4,469 | | | | ||||
| Eidsvoll Ullensaker Blad
|regional | |7,255 | | | | ||||
| Eikerbladet
|regional | |2,235 | | | | ||||
| Enebakk Avis | regional | weekly
| 2,525 | | Enebakk Avis AS | |
| Fanaposten | regional | twice a week
| 3,591 | | Fanaposten AS | |
| Finansavisen
|national | |30,870 | | | | ||||
| Finnmark Dagblad | regional | daily
| 7,727 | | Finnmark Dagblad AS | |
| Finnmarken | regional | daily
| 6,411 | | Dagbladet Finnmarken AS | |
| Finnmarksposten
|regional | |1,565 | | | | ||||
| Firda | regional | daily
| 11,298 | | Avishuset Firda AS | |
| Firda Tidend | regional | twice a week
| 2,996 | | Avisdrift Gloppen A/S | |
| Firdaposten | regional | twice a week
| 4,837 | | Firdaposten AS | |
| Fiskeribladet | national | | 7,286
| | fisheries | |
| Fjell-Ljom
|regional | |2,602 | | | | ||||
| Fjordabladet | regional | twice a week
| 3,172 | | Fjordabladet AS | |
| Fjordenes Tidende | regional | twice a week
| 4,635 | | Fjordenes Tidende AS | |
| Fjordingen | regional | twice a week
| 3,902 | | Fjordingen AS | |
| Fjuken | regional | weekly
| 3,805 | | Skjåk Mediautvikling AS | |
| FlatangerNytt
|regional | |1,067 | | | | ||||
| Fosna-Folket
|regional | |7,829 | | | | ||||
| Framtid i nord | regional | twice a week
| 3,861 | | Mediaselskapet Nord-Norge Samkjøringen AS | |
| Fredriksstad Blad | regional | daily
| 23,058 | | Fredriksstad Blad AS | |
| Fremover | regional | daily
| 7,542 | | Fremover AS | |
| Friheten | national | weekly
| | | Norges Kommunistiske Parti | communist |
| Frolendingen
|regional | |1,382 | | | | ||||
| Frostingen
|regional | |1,931 | | | | ||||
| Fædrelandsvennen | regional | daily
| 37,261 | | Fædrelandsvennen AS | |
| geita.no
|regional | |1,267 | | | | ||||
| Gjesdalbuen | regional | weekly
| 3,487 | | ||
| Glåmdalen | regional | daily
| 14,307 | | Glåmdalen AS | |
| Grannar | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 3,462 | | | | |
| Grenda
|regional | |2,814 | | | | ||||
| Grimstad Adressetidende
|regional | |6,193 | | | | ||||
| Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 22,685 | | | | |
| Hadeland
|regional | |7,115 | | | | ||||
| Halden Arbeiderblad | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 8,252 | | social democratic | |
| Hallingdølen | regional | | 10,755
| | | | |
| Hamar Arbeiderblad | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 20,027 | | social democratic | |
| Hammerfestingen
|regional | |1,156 | | | | ||||
| Hardanger Folkeblad
|regional | |5,303 | | | | ||||
| Harstad Tidende | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 8,893 | | | | |
| Haugesunds Avis | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 21,187 | | | | |
| Helgelands Blad
|regional | |4,137 | | | | ||||
| Helgelendingen
|regional | |6,658 | | | | ||||
| Hitra-Frøya
|regional | |4,981 | | | | ||||
| Hordaland
|regional | |8,380 | | | | ||||
| Hordaland Folkeblad
|regional | |4,951 | | | | ||||
| iHarstad
|regional | |3,179 | | | | ||||
| ILevanger
|regional | |2,338 | | | | ||||
| Inderøyningen
|regional | |2,010 | | | | ||||
| Indre Akershus Blad | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 6,740 | | | | |
| Innherred
|regional | |8,576 | | | | ||||
| iTromsø
|regional | |8,590 | | | | ||||
| Jarlsberg Avis | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 4,031 | | | | |
| Jærbladet | regional | | 12,971
| | | | |
| Kanalen
|regional | |2,203 | | | | ||||
| Karmøynytt
|regional | |1,611 | | | | ||||
| Klassekampen | national | daily
| 33,265 | | Klassekampen AS | socialist |
| Klæbuposten
|regional | |608 | | | | ||||
| Koordinatoren | online only | | N/A
| | | | |
| Kragerø Blad Vestmar
|regional | |5,317 | | | | ||||
| Kronstadposten
|regional | |1,938 | | | | ||||
| Kulingen
|regional | |2,107 | | | | ||||
| Kvinnheringen | regional | | 4,105
| | | | |
| Kyst og Fjord
|regional | |2,396 | | | | ||||
| Laagendalsposten | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 9,159 | | | | |
| Lierposten
|regional | |3,497 | | | | ||||
| Lillesands-Posten
|regional | |4,364 | | | | ||||
| Lindesnes
|regional | |6,110 | | | | ||||
| Lister
|regional | |6,042 | | | | ||||
| Lofotposten | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 7,010 | | | | |
| Lofot-Tidende | regional | | 3,385
| | | | |
| Lokalavisa Nordsalten
|regional | |2,183 | | | | ||||
| Lokalavisa Trysil Engerdal
|regional | |2,227 | | | | ||||
| Lyngdals Avis
|regional | |1,632 | | | | ||||
| Marsteinen
|regional | |1,979 | | | | ||||
| Meråkerposten
|regional | |1,468 | | | | ||||
| Midsundingen
|regional | |1,010 | | | | ||||
| Mitt Kongsvinger
|regional | |1,824 | | | | ||||
| Morgenbladet | national | style="text-align: right;" |
| 31,994 |Blackletter (1819-1910) Antiqua (1910-) | | conservative | |
| Moss Avis | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 14,236 | | | | |
| Møre
|regional | |3,045 | | | | ||||
| Møre-Nytt | regional | twice a week
| 5,060 | | Møre-Nytt AS | |
| Namdalsavisa
|regional | |11,181 | | | | ||||
| Nationen | national | style="text-align: right;" |
| 17,275 | | agriculture | |
| Nettavisen | online only | | 19,187
| | | | |
| Nidaros.no
|online only | |9,387 | | | | ||||
| Norddalen
|regional | |2,468 | | | | ||||
| Nordhordland
|regional | |5,062 | | | | ||||
| Nordlys | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 25,736 | | | | |
| Haramsnytt
|regional | |1,981 | | | | ||||
| Nordre Aker Budstikke
|regional | |2,091 | | | | ||||
| Nordstrands Blad
|regional | |7,331 | | | | ||||
| Norge Idag | national | | 10,902
| | conservative Christian | |
| Ny Tid | national | |
| | socialist | |
| Nye Troms | regional | twice a week
| 3,480 | | Nye Troms AS | |
| Nyss
|regional | |3,955 | | | | ||||
| Oppland Arbeiderblad | regional | daily
| 20,442 | | Oppland arbeiderblad AS | social democratic |
| Os og Fusaposten
|regional | |5,969 | | | | ||||
| Panorama.no | online only | |
| | music | |
| Porsgrunns Dagblad | regional | daily
| 5,441 | | ||
| Porten{{who|date=November 2024}}
|regional | |1,664 | | | | ||||
| Rakkestad Avis
|regional | |2,410 | | | | ||||
| Rana Blad | regional | daily
| 8,914 | | AS Rana Blad | |
| Randaberg24
|regional | |885 | | | | ||||
| Raumnes
|regional | |5,823 | | | | ||||
| Ringerikes Blad | regional | style="text-align: right;" |
| 11,318 | | | | |
| Ringsaker Blad
|regional | |8,358 | | | | ||||
| Rjukan Arbeiderblad | regional | | 2,468
| | | | |
| Romerikes Blad | regional | daily
| 33,148 | | style="text-align: right;" | | |
| Romsdals Budstikke | regional | daily
| 17,127 | | style="text-align: right;" | | |
| Ryfylke
|regional | |2,216 | | | | ||||
| Røyken og Hurums Avis
|regional | |5,713 | | | | ||||
| Ságat
|regional | |3,138 | | | | ||||
| Sagene Avis
|regional | |784 | | | | ||||
| Saltenposten | regional | twice a week
| 3,806 | | style="text-align: right;" | | |
| Samningen
|regional | |1,396 | | | | ||||
| Samoyiki | online only | |
| | online, Bengali | |
| Sande Avis
|regional | |2,498 | | | | ||||
| Sandefjords Blad | regional | daily
| 12,896 | | ||
| Sandnesposten
|regional | |9,574 | | | | ||||
| Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad | regional | daily
| 12,759 | | Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad AS | social democratic |
| Selbyggen
|regional | |2,762 | | | | ||||
| Setesdølen
|regional | |3,751 | | | | ||||
| Smaalenenes Avis
|regional | |12,050 | | | | ||||
| Snåsningen
|regional | |1,418 | | | | ||||
| Sogn Avis | regional | daily
| 9,613 | | Sogningen/Sogns Avis AS | |
| Solabladet
|regional | |4,175 | | | | ||||
| SolungAvisa
|regional | |1,959 | | | | ||||
| Stangeavisa
|regional | |2,837 | | | | ||||
| Stavanger Aftenblad | regional | daily
| 63,973 | | Stavanger Aftenblad ASA | |
| Steinkjer24
|regional | |1,926 | | | | ||||
| Steinkjer-Avisa
|regional | |4,730 | | | | ||||
| Stjørdals-Nytt
|regional | |1,614 | | | | ||||
| Stord24
|regional | |1,148 | | | | ||||
| Storfjordnytt
|regional | |1,287 | | | | ||||
| Strandbuen | regional | twice a week
| 5,185 | | Strandbuen AS | |
| Strilen
|regional | |5,519 | | | | ||||
| Sulaposten
|regional | |1,858 | | | | ||||
| Suldalsposten
|regional | |2,608 | | | | ||||
| Sunnhordland | regional | daily
| 7,032 | | Bladet Sunnhordland AS | |
| Sunnmørsposten | regional | daily
| 27,025 | | Sunnmørsposten AS | |
| Svalbardposten | regional | weekly
| 1,919 | | Stiftelsen Svalbardposten | |
| Svelviksposten
|regional | |1,912 | | | | ||||
| Sydvesten
|regional | |978 | | | | ||||
| Synste Møre
|regional | |1,998 | | | | ||||
| Sør-Trøndelag
|regional | |7,555 | | | | ||||
| Sør-Varanger Avis
|regional | |2,440 | | | | ||||
| Søvesten
|regional | |687 | | | | ||||
| Telemarksavisa | regional | daily
| 23,700 | | Telemarksavisa AS | |
| Telen
|regional | |4,300 | | | | ||||
| Tidens Krav | regional | daily
| 12,385 | | Tidens Krav AS | |
| Totens Blad
|regional | |1,681 | | | | ||||
| TradeWinds | international | | N/A
| | maritime business | |
| Troms Folkeblad | regional | daily
| | | Troms Folkeblad AS | |
| Trønder-Avisa | regional | daily
| 19,912 | | ||
| Trønderbladet
|regional | |5,479 | | | | ||||
| Tvedestrandsposten
|regional | |5,415 | | | | ||||
| Tysnes
|regional | |2,087 | | | | ||||
| Tysvær Bygdeblad | regional | weekly
| 2,155 | | ||
| Tønsbergs Blad | regional | daily
| 22,957 | | Edda Vestfold AS | |
| Upstream | international | |
| | ||
| Vaksdalposten
|regional | |2,233 | | | | ||||
| Valdres
|regional | |9,449 | | | | ||||
| Varden | regional | daily
| 17,199 | | Varden AS | |
| Varingen | regional | | 5,586
| | ||
| Vennesla Tidende | regional | | 4,072
| | ||
| Vestavind
|regional | |1,589 | | | | ||||
| Vestby Avis
|regional | |3,355 | | | | ||||
| Vesterålen Online
|regional | |5,913 | | | | ||||
| Vesteraalens Avis | regional | twice a week
| 1,420 | | Vesterålens Avis AS | |
| Vestlandsnytt
|regional | |4,628 | | | | ||||
| Vestnesavisa
|regional | |1,399 | | | | ||||
| VestNytt | regional | twice a week
| 7,312 | | Vestnytt AS | |
| Vest-Telemark Blad
|regional |twice a week |5,731 | |Vest-Telemark Blad AS | | ||||
| VG
|national |daily |308,469 | |Verdens Gang AS |tabloid | ||||
| Vigga
|regional | |2,292 | | | | ||||
| Vikebladet Vestposten
|regional | |4,576 | | | | ||||
| Våganavisa
|regional | |1,462 | | | | ||||
| Vårt Land | national | daily
| 21,823 | | Avisen Vårt Land AS | Christian |
| VårtOslo
|regional | |2,289 | | | | ||||
| Ytre Sogn Avis
|regional | |2,397 | | | | ||||
| Ytringen Avis
|regional | |2,397 | | | | ||||
| Østhavet
|regional | |1,212 | | | | ||||
| Østlandets Blad | regional | | 10,084
| | | | |
| Østlands-Posten | regional | | 12,215
| | | | |
| Østlendingen | regional | | 15,477
| | | | |
| Øy-Blikk
|regional | |1,131 | | | | ||||
| Øyene
|regional | |3,504 | | | | ||||
| Øyposten
|regional | |1,383 | | | | ||||
| Åndalsnes Avis
|regional | |3,438 | | | | ||||
| Ås Avis
|regional | |2,282 | | | | ||||
| Åsane Tidende
|regional | |1,367 | | | |
Online editions
The Institute for Journalism provides a [https://web.archive.org/web/20050105050151/http://www.ij.no/doksenteret/ressurser/aviser.htm directory of online newspapers].
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140904201825/http://alldailynewspapers.com/ All Daily Newspapers ].
- [https://norway.allmedialink.com All Daily Newspapers, Online Newsportal, Magazine and Others ].
Defunct
{{Main|List of defunct newspapers of Norway}}