Morgenavisen

Morgenavisen is a former Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Bergen, Norway from 1902 to 1984. Its first editor was Anders Stilloff, who edited the newspaper from 1902 to 1915.[1]

From its establishment the newspaper was a supporter of businessman and politician Christian Michelsen, and eventually also a supporter for his new political party, the Liberal Left Party. Later the newspaper became a supporter for the Conservative Party. During World War II Morgenavisen had installed a Nazi editor.[2] From 1942 Morgenavisen and Bergens Tidende were the only two remaining newspapers in Bergen, as Bergens Aftenblad and Dagen ceased publication.[3] Three other major newspapers published in Bergen, Gula Tidend, Arbeidet and Bergens Arbeiderblad, had stopped earlier in the war. Gula Tidend stopped its publication already on 10 April 1940.[4] The Communist newspaper Arbeidet was forbidden from August 1940,[5] and Bergens Arbeiderblad was forbidden from 4 January 1941.[6]

In 1945 the newspaper bought Bergens Aftenblad. In 1977 Morgenavisen was the largest newspaper supporting the Conservative Party in Western Norway, with a circulation of around 11,000.[2] The newspaper presented a petition for compulsory winding-up in February 1984, after a failed fund-raising effort.[7]

References
  1. "Morgenavisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. Eide, Martin (2010). "Morgenavisen". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 219. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  3. Greve, Tim (1978). Bergen i krig (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Bergen: J.W.Eide Forlag. p. 241. ISBN 82-514-0132-1.
  4. Grepstad, Ottar (2010). "Gula Tidend". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 151. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  5. Terjesen, Einar A (2010). "Arbeidet". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 41. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  6. Terjesen, Einar A (2010). "Bergensavisen". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 50. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  7. Hvem Hva Hvor 1985 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted. 1984. p. 313. ISBN 82-516-0988-7.

Further reading
  • Morgenavisen og 1905. Bergen: John Griegs Boktrykkeri. 1952.
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