Halden Arbeiderblad

Halden Arbeiderblad
Owner(s)Amedia (100%)[1]
EditorFrode Rekve
Founded1929
Political alignmentLabour Party
Non-partisan
HeadquartersHalden, Norway
Websitehttps://ha-halden.no

Halden Arbeiderblad is a Norwegian language local newspaper published in Halden, Norway.

History and profile

Halden Arbeiderblad was established in 1929 as a Labour Party newspaper,[2] but later became non-partisan.[3] It was stopped between October 1940 and June 1945 due to the German occupation of Norway,[2] and the editor-in-chief Johannes Stubberud was sent to a concentration camp.[4]

In addition to Halden, the newspaper covers the municipality of Aremark.[2] In 2008 it had a circulation of 8,533 copies of which 8,267 were through subscription.[5] It is published by Halden Arbeiderblad AS, which is owned 41.5% by A-pressen, 14.7% by the Labour Party, 19.9% by local trade unions and 23.9% by various others.[5]

References

  1. ^ "AS Halden Arbeiderblad - Halden - Roller".
  2. ^ a b c Østbye, Helge (1984). Massemediene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 27. ISBN 82-10-02375-6.
  3. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Halden Arbeiderblad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. ^ Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1951). Våre falne 1939-1945. Vol. 4. Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 253.
  5. ^ a b "Halden Arbeiderblad". Norwegian Media Registry (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 8 March 2009.


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