''Bergens Tidende'' is

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's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside

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. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015.

History and profile

Founded in 1868, ''Bergens Tidende'' is based in

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. The newspaper is published in two sections. Section one contains op-eds, general news, sports, and weather. Section two contains culture, views, local news, and television listings. The feature magazine ''BTMagasinet'' is published on Saturdays. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. At least 30% of the shares of Schibsted are owned by foreign investment banks and insurance companies, such as Goldman Sachs. The paper began to be published in

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in 2006. The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspaper category by the European Newspapers Congress in 2011. In 2005 ''Bergens Tidende'' reached about 260,000 readers every day, mainly in the county of

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. Circulation numbers peaked at 100,000 copies in 1988. Its circulation was about 87,000 copies in 2007. In 2008 the paper had a circulation of 85,825 copies, and later dropped to 70,220 copies by 2015.

Website

The website of ''Bergens Tidende'' is bt.no. Until 2009, the newspaper broadcast on BTV (formerly

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), but service was taken off air and incorporated into bt.no.

List of editors-in-chief

* Edvard Larssen, Jan - Apr 1868 *

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, 1868–1869 *

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, 1869–1871 *

Olav Lofthus Olav Lofthus (8 October 1847 – 10 August 1894) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was born at Ullensvang, in Hordaland, Norway. He was a student at Voss in 1861-62 and took teacher training at Stord Seminar in 1866-68. Lofthus ...

, 1872–1894 * , 1894–1902 * K. F. Dahl, 1902–1903 * , 1903–1942 *

Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner Vidkun or Vidkunn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), Norwegian military officer and politician *Vidkunn Hveding (1921–2001), Norwegian politician * Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner, editor of Bergens Ti ...

, 1942–1945 *

Håkon Torsvik Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden),Oxford Dictionary of First Names Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006 "Håkon Norwegian: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon or Háukon, from hā ...

, 1945–1956 *

Ingemund Fænn Ingemund Fænn (18 September 1907 – 19 June 1987) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Stryn. He worked in ''Fjordingen'' from 1928 to 1936, and was hired in ''Bergens Tidende'' in 1936. He advanced to head of its Oslo Oslo ( , ...

, 1956–1977 *

Kjartan Rødland Kjartan Rødland (born 29 November 1938) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, and author of several books. Career Rødland was born in the village of Bolstadøyri in Voss. He started working as journalist from 1956, first in the newsp ...

, 1977–1986 *

Einar Eriksen Einar Eriksen (4 March 1933 – 16 January 2021Nyhetsjeger av sjeldent format< ...

, 1986–1991 *

Magne Gaasemyr Magne may refer to: * Magne (given name), origin of and people with the given name * Magne (surname), origin of and people with the surname * , several ships of the Swedish Navy * Magne Charge, an inductive charging system * Magne (''My Hero Aca ...

, 1991–1994 *

Hans Erik Matre Hans Erik Matre (born 14 May 1955) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Ski. He was a subeditor in '' Vårt Land'' from 1980 to 1983, and chief editor from 1983 to 1989. He doubled as chief editor and chief executive of both the Norwegi ...

, 1994–1997 *

Einar Hålien Einar Hålien (born 17 November 1963) is a Norwegian editor. He was born in Fagernes. He was hired as a journalist in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1989, and led the district offices of the Broadcasting Corporation in Nordland from ...

, 1997–2008 *

Trine Eilertsen Trine Eilertsen (born 1 May 1969) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. She is the current editor-in-chief of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. Early life and education Eilertsen was born in Bærum and grew up at Sotra. She gradua ...

, 2008–2012 *

Gard Steiro Gard Steiro (born 26 January 1976) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He grew up in Askøy. He was chief editor of the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende'' from 2012 to 2015. In 2017 he was appointed chief editor and publisher for the new ...

, 2012–2015 * Øyulf Hjertenes, 2015–2019 * , 2019–present

References

External links

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