''Correspondenten'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...

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county. ''Bratsberg Amts Correspondent'' was started on 1 January 1844, and changed its name in August 1846. It was the project of politician Herman Bagger. In 1842 he had started the newspaper '' Skiensposten'', but he grew tired and resigned as chief editor later that year. ''Skiensposten'' survived for the time being, but went defunct in 1843. The same year, however, Bagger returned to the newspaper business, as co-editor of ''

Bratsberg Amtstidende ''Bratsberg Amtstidende'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county. It also held the names ''Ugeblad for Skien og Omegn'' (1830 to 1840), ''Bratsberg Amtstidende og Correspondent'' (1843 to 1844) and ''Skiensposten'' (1863 t ...

'', founded by Peter Feilberg in 1840. The name was changed to ''Bratsberg Amtstidende og Correspondent''. Bagger left already in 1844, to form ''Correspondenten'' while Feilberg's newspaper reverted to the name ''Bratsberg Amtstidende''. ''Correspondenten'' was printed by Jens Melgaard, a rival of Feilberg who was also a printer. Bagger was a rival of Feilberg and Feilberg's friend (and Bagger's political competitor) Frederik Charlow Sophus Borchsenius, but also of the '' Adresse-Tidende'' editor William Thrane based in nearby city Brevik. After Bagger retired, ''Correspondenten'' ceased to be the largest newspaper in Skien. ''

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'' was founded in the same year and gradually took over. ''Correspondenten'' existed until December 1883. Its further history was complicated. ''Bratsberg Amtstidende'' had changed its name to ''Skiensposten'' in 1864, but absorbed its former rival ''Correspondenten'' in 1884 to again form the newspaper ''Bratsberg Amtstidende'', which existed until 1901.

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