''Demokraten'' ("The Democrat") is a local newspaper in

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Second in its city behind '' Fredriksstad Blad'', it is published three days a week. The chief editor is Tomm Pentz Pedersen. It was established in 1906 as ''Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat'', being affiliated with the Labour Party. Retrieved on 5 November 2008. Its founder and editor until 1909 was

Hans Andreas Hanssen Hans Andreas Hanssen (29 April 1873 – 1960) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He served two terms as an MP, and edited the newspapers '' Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat'', '' Nybrott'', ''1ste Mai'' and '' F ...

. In 1921, when the Social Democratic Labour Party broke away from the Labour Party, ''Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat'' followed the new party. In 1927 the Social Democratic Labour Party reconciled with the Labour Party, and the two parties again became one. The name ''Demokraten'' was taken in 1945, and the newspaper ultimately became non-partisan. In 2001, facing local competition, the number of issues per week was cut from six to five. It was later cut to three. It has a circulation of 8,659, of whom 8,528 are subscribers. It is published by ''Demokraten AS'', which is owned 100% by

A-pressen Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...

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