''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in

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. The former party organ of the

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, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. Eirik Hoff Lysholm is editor-in-chief. The newspaper depends on economic support from the Norwegian Government.

History

''Dagsavisen'' was established by

Christian Holtermann Knudsen Christian Holtermann Knudsen (15 July 1845 – 21 April 1929) was a Norwegian typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He is known as chairman of his party in three non-consecuti ...

in 1884 under the name ''Vort Arbeide'' ('Our Work' in archaic

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), and was affiliated with the trade union center ''Fagforeningernes Centralkomité''. Holtermann Knudsen also had to establish his own

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since the existing printing presses did not want to be affiliated with a labourer's newspaper. The fledgling project was marred by economic problems, and the burden of writing, editing, and printing lay chiefly on Knudsen. In 1885 the newly founded association ''Socialdemokratisk Forening'' formally took over the newspaper. The name was changed from ''Vort Arbeide'' to ''Social-Demokraten'' ('The Social Democrat') in 1886. The next year, the Norwegian Labour Party was founded, and ''Social-Demokraten'' became its official party organ.

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took over as editor-in-chief. In 1894 the newspaper was published on a daily basis, and in 1904 the financial balance was positive. Around 1920 there were tensions in the Labour Party. The radical wing spearheaded by

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and

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had assumed control over the party at the 1918 national convention. The party aligned itself with the

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. As a result, a moderate wing broke out in 1921 to form the Social Democratic Labour Party. Nonetheless, ''Social-Demokraten'' remained affiliated with the Labour Party, as Martin Tranmæl assumed the editorship in 1921. In 1923, the same year as the Labour Party renounced the Comintern and the communist wing broke away, ''Social-Demokraten'' changed its name to ''Arbeiderbladet'' (lit. 'The Worker Paper') in 1923. The factionalism was contrary to the goal of Christian Holtermann Knudsen, who wanted to unite the fledgling labour movement. In 1940, upon the

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and subsequent

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, ''Arbeiderbladet'' was stopped by the Nazi authorities. The only legal party in Norway during the occupation,

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, evicted ''Arbeiderbladet'' from its premises, using it as headquarters for its party organ ''

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''. ''Arbeiderbladet'''s printing press was also utilized by ''Fritt Folk''. Only in 1945, upon the liberation of Norway, did ''Arbeiderbladet'' resume publication.

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, imprisoned during the occupation, was promoted from news editor as he succeeded Martin Tranmæl as editor-in-chief in 1949. At that time, the editor-in-chief was elected by the national convention of the Labour Party, and the editor-in-chief was also an ex officio member of the party's central committee. This practice continued with editors-in-chief

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and Einar Olsen, until abolished in 1975. From this point, the board of directors appointed the editor-in-chief. In 1974, Tor and

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, aided by

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, forced Hirsti out of his job.Njølstad p.515 ''Arbeiderbladet'' was formally owned by the Labour Party until 1991, when a separate, but affiliated, entity Norsk Arbeiderpresse took over. The labour-inspired name ''Arbeiderbladet'' was changed in 1997, to the neutral ''Dagsavisen'' ('The Daily Newspaper'). In 1999 a step towards independence was taken, as the newspaper was published by the public company Dagsavisen AS, which is in turn was owned 100% by the

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Stiftelsen Dagsavisen. As of 2016, this foundation only owns 9% of the shares of Dagsavisen directly, with the remaining 91% of the paper owned by Mentor Medier AS. This company also owns the Christian daily Vårt Land, and is partly owned by Christian groupsMentor Medier AS
/ref> such as Normisjon,

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and the

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. The largest owner is Mushom Invest (10%). Stiftelsen Dagsavisen controls 6% of the shares in Mentor Medier AS. The newspaper depends on economic support from the Norwegian Government.

Publishing

The newspaper changed to tabloid format in 1990, having used the

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since 1976. In 1997 it launched its Internet version, and also started publishing on Sundays. The Sunday edition was discontinued in 2007 due to economic problems. It is widely accepted that ''Dagsavisen'' would face drastic problems if the distinctively Norwegian

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were to cease. ''Dagsavisen'' is published six days a week. ''Dagsavisen'' had a circulation of 28,337 in 2009, making it the fifth largest Oslo-based newspaper, after ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Aften'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. It is also smaller than the regional and local newspapers ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Its slogan is "Nyheter med mening" ('Meaningful news').

Editors-in-chief

Editors-in-chief of the newspaper: *1884–1886:

*1887–1891:

*1892–1893:

*1894–1897:

Oscar Nissen Elias Gottlieb Oscar Egede Nissen (31 October 1843 – 4 January 1911) was a Norwegian physician, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party from 1889 to his death, and was both party leader, party secretary as well ...

*1898–1900:

Ludvig Meyer Ludvig Meyer (22 April 1861 – 3 January 1938) was a Norwegian barrister, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party 1891 to 1903, and was both party leader, party secretary as well as editor of the party organ ''S ...

*1900–1903:

Anders Buen Anders Johnsen Buen (24 February 1864 – 17 July 1933) was a Norwegian typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party from the start, being party secretary as well as editor of the party ...

*1903–1906:

Olav Kringen Olav Kringen (24 July 1867 – 6 October 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born at a croft in Sel, and was a manual laborer in Norway before emigrating to the United States in 1887. There, he studied and took a teacher education. He ...

*1906–1912:

*1912–1918:

Jacob Vidnes Jacob Laurentius Vidnes (5 November 1875 – 4 October 1940) was a Norwegian trade unionist, newspaper editor, politician for the Labour Party and civil servant. He was born in Vanylven as a son of farmer Knud Larsen Vidnes (1819–98) og Laurine ...

*1918–1921: Olaf Scheflo *1921–1940:

*1940–1945: ''stopped'' *1945–1949:

*1949–1963:

*1963–1974:

*1974–1975: Einar Olsen *1975–1991:

Per Brunvand Per Brunvand (11 May 1937 – 29 October 2015) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Kristiansand as the son of Olav Brunvand. He worked as a journalist from 1957, in Arbeidernes Pressekontor, ''Fremtiden'' and ''Arbeiderbladet''. Fro ...

*1991–1994: Arvid Jacobsen *1995–2000:

Steinar Hansson Steinar Hansson (31 May 1947 – 3 August 2004) was a Norwegian journalist and publisher. He was born in Asker. He worked as editor in the publishing house Pax Forlag, and edited the newspaper ''Ny Tid'' from 1979. From 1983 he worked for the ...

*2001–2004:

Hilde Haugsgjerd Hilde Haugsgjerd (born 7 July 1952) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. She was born in Oslo. She was the party leader of the Red Electoral Alliance from 1979 to 1981, and was married to the party's first leader Sigurd Allern from 1972 to 1977. She ...

*2005–2009:

Carsten Bleness Carsten Bleness (born 22 July 1958) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Oslo as a son of Magne Bleness. He took the examen artium in 1977 and worked as a sailor, then manual laborer at Jøtul from 1980 to 1982. He took education as a ...

*2009-2013:

Arne Strand Arne Strand (born 17 March 1944) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party. He is the current political editor in the newspaper ''Dagsavisen''. Strand graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.mag. degree in 1968. H ...

(At the time Strand left the position, the newspaper had twoKaia Storvik slutter som sjefredaktør i Dagsavisen
/ref> editors in chief) *2010-2014:

Kaia Storvik Kaia Storvik (born 10 October 1976) is a Norwegian journalist, former newspaper editor and politician. She has worked for several newspapers, including '' Vårt Land'', ''Dagbladet'', ''Dagens Næringsliv'' and ''Dagsavisen ''Dagsavisen'' is a ...

(She held the position alone since 2013.) *2014- : Eirik Hoff Lysholm

Circulation

Source after 1950: The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association,

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. * 1884: 300 * 1892: 1200 * 1894: 3000 * 1904: 6000 * 1912: 15000 * 1914: 23000 * 1918: 40000 * 1921: 85000 * 1923: 35000 * 1927: 27000 * 1930: 34000 * 1934: 48000 * 1937: 59359 * 1938: 58735 * 1939: 58681 * --- * 1945: 80000 * 1947: 56877 * 1950: 62845 * 1951: 64228 * 1952: 65635 * 1953: 64524 * 1954: 65159 * 1955: 65201 * 1956: 70087 * 1957: 71299 * 1958: 68112 * 1959: 66271 * 1960: 67494 * 1961: 67684 * 1962: 67894 * 1963: 69182 * 1964: 67254 * 1965: 68278 * 1966: 67675 * 1967: 70714 * 1968: 71267 * 1969: 74091 * 1970: 73217 * 1971: 75372 * 1972: 69159 * 1973: 64155 * 1974: 61931 * 1975: 62211 * 1976: 60380 * 1977: 60152 * 1978: 60091 * 1979: 59211 * 1980: 55125 * 1981: 52596 * 1982: 52000 * 1983: 52500 * 1984: 56000 * 1985: 57000 * 1986: 58000 * 1987: 60737 * 1988: 57015 * 1989: 55707 * 1990: 51786 * 1991: 47016 * 1992: 44046 * 1993: 43528 * 1994: 42848 * 1995: 42870 * 1996: 42139 * 1997: 40771 * 1998: 43792 * 1999: 40349 * 2000: 38239 * 2001: 35413 * 2002: 33816 * 2003: 32706 * 2004: 32920 * 2005: 33830 * 2006: 32380 * 2007: 31403 * 2008: 29041 * 2009: 28337 * 2014: 21945 * 2015: 20497

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History

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See also

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