Vardø Framtid

Vardø Framtid was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Vardø in Finnmark county.[1]

Vardø Framtid was started as a weekly newspaper in 1949 as the Communist Party of Norway (NKP) organ in the city.[2] For two years the party had had a newspaper, Øst-Finnmark, covering the whole region. Both of these newspapers went defunct in 1951.[3][4]

The small NKP newspaper was established against all odds, at a time when the NKP press was struggling. It was a simple and primitive publication, printed using a mimeograph. Its circulation in the spring of 1950 was 750 copies[5] and the newspaper was published weekly.[3]

First and foremost behind the newspaper was Martin Gunnar Knutsen, who later became the chairman of the NKP. He was working during these years as a teacher in Vardø. Knutsen left the city and moved south in June 1950,[6] but he continued to send weekly articles to the newspaper in the north.[6] Fritz Kramer took over as editor after Knutsen.

The distributor for the small newspaper was Bjarne Karlsen, and then Arne Hågensen.

Editors

References

  1. ^ "Mye sterkere og mer planmessig må vi ta fatt på arbeidet. 'Vardø Framtid' kommenterer valgresultatet". Friheten. No. 247. October 25, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Liv og utvikling som aldri før bak 'jernteppet' nordpå". Friheten. No. 37. February 13, 1950. p. 6. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Rønning, Ole Martin (2004). "Norges Kommunistiske Partis presse". Arbeiderhistorie (in Norwegian). Oslo: Labour Movement Archive and Library: 100. ISSN 0801-7778. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Høeg, Tom Arbo (1974). Norske aviser: 1763–1969. Oslo: Universitetsbiblioteket. p. 102.
  5. ^ Raaum, Andreas (September 2, 2011). "Vardø Framtid – et kapittel i Vardø bys pressehistorie". raanett.no. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Knutsen, Martin Gunnar (1983). Mot strømmen – Erindringer 1945–1980. Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 57–58. ISBN 82-03-10991-8.


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