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Norwegian newspaper

FounderAlfred Eriksen

Founded1902; 124 years ago (1902)

HeadquartersTromsø

Nordlys
Nordlys headquarters building in Tromsø
Owner	Amedia
Founder	Alfred Eriksen
Founded	1902; 124 years ago (1902)
Headquarters	Tromsø
Circulation	26,000 (2009)
Website	www.nordlys.no

Nordlys is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø,^[1] covering the region of Troms,^[2] and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway.

Nordlys was founded in 1902^[3] by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chief. The majority owner of the paper is A-Pressen,^[3]^[4] until 2012, when A-Pressen was renamed Amedia.^[5] The paper is headquartered in Tromsø.^[3] It was an organ of the Labour Party.^[3]

Among the later editors are Ivan Kristoffersen, who edited the newspaper from 1982 to 1997, and Hans Kristian Amundsen who served in the position from 2001 to 2011.^[5]

Anders Opdahl served as chief editor from 2011 to 2016, and Helge Nitteberg has been chief editor since 2016.^[5]

Nordlys has been one of the major sponsors of the Tromsø International Film Festival since its inception in 1991.^[6]

The circulation of Nordlys was 28,000 copies in 2005.^[3] In 2008 the paper had a circulation of 26,714 copies. It was 26,000 copies in 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 Eli Skogerbø; Marte Winsvold (2011). "Audiences on the move? Use and assessment of local print and online newspapers" (PDF). European Journal of Communication. 26 (3): 218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
↑ David Redvaldsen (28 February 2011). The Labour Party in Britain and Norway: Elections and the Pursuit of Power Between the World Wars. I.B.Tauris. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-85771-952-2. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "The press in Norway". BBC. 20 February 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
↑ Robert G. Picard, ed. (2002). Media Firms: Structures, Operations, and Performance. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 127. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014.
1 2 3 "Nordlys". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
↑ "Media Partners". Tromsø International Film Festivall. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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