''Aftenbladet'' ("The Evening Paper") was a

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, Norway.

History and profile

''Aftenbladet'' was established in 1855 as a continuation of the satirical magazine ''

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'', and had the same editor-in-chief,

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, for its entire existence except for a short time when J. F. Sandberg edited the newspaper. Contributors include Ole Richter,

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, Frederik Bætzmann and Jens Braage Halvorsen. Bjørnson was political editor of the newspaper in 1859, published '' Ja, vi elsker'' for the first time in 1859 in ''Aftenbladet'', and published ''

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'' as a

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. The newspaper was liberal-leaning, and anti-''

Morgenbladet ''Morgenbladet'' is a Norwegian weekly, newspaper, covering politics, culture and science. History ''Morgenbladet'' was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg. The paper is the country's first daily newspaper; however, Adresseavi ...

''. The newspaper was printed and published by

Christian Schibsted Christian Michael Schibsted (21 February 1812 – 17 June 1878) was a Norwegian printer and publisher, known for establishing Schibsted Forlag and ''Aftenposten''. Early life and career He was born in Christiania as a son of Frederik Schibsted ...

until 1860 when it was sold to W. C. Fabritius. It became defunct in 1881.

References

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