Glåmdalen (newspaper)

Glåmdalen is a local newspaper published in Kongsvinger, Norway. It is named after the district Glåmdalen, and covers southern Hedmark with offices in Solør, Skarnes and Nes, Akershus.

Glåmdalen
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid (1997–present)
Owner(s)Amedia
EditorRolf Nordberg
Founded1926
Political alignmentLabour
Non-partisan
HeadquartersKongsvinger, Norway
Circulation16,523 (2013)
OCLC number1640798
Websitewww.glomdalen.no

History and profile

The newspaper was established in 1926 as Kongsvinger Arbeiderblad, and had a connection to the Norwegian Labour Party.[1] It changed its name in 1943, and later became non-partisan. Glåmdalen changed to tabloid format in 1997 and launched its Internet site in 2000.[2]

Glåmdalen is published by the company Glåmdalen AS, which is owned 100% by Amedia.[3] In 2011, the paper won the World Young Reader Prize of WAN/IFRA in the Public Service category.[3][4]

In a study dated 2016 Glåmdalen was found to contain the epithet Negro (Norwegian: neger) at the lowest frequency in the period between 1970 and 2014 with 14 references.[5]

Glåmdalen had a circulation of 18,531 in 2010.[4] The 2013 circulation of the paper was 16,523 copies.[6] Next year it sold 15,4244 copies.[5]

References
  1. Henrik G. Bastiansen (2014). "Rethinking Mass Communications in Norway" (PDF). Nordicom Review. 35: 51.
  2. "Glåmdalen". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  3. "How we won the top WAN-IFRA Young Reader Prize, and what we really won". Sandkassa. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  4. "The 2011 World Young Reader Prizes: About the winners". WAN IFRA. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. Paul Thomas (2016). "Papa, Am I a Negro? The Vexed History of the Racial Epithet in Norwegian Print Media (1970–2014)". Race and Social Problems. 8 (3): 233. doi:10.1007/s12552-016-9179-4. hdl:10642/4424. S2CID 255605174.
  6. "Circulation of Norwegian newspapers. 2013". Media Norway. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

Further reading
  • Egil Sørli (1976). Fra småbyavis til distrikts-organ. Glåmdalen 1926-76. Kongsvinger: Glåmdalen.


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