''Dølen'' (The Dalesman) is a local

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newspaper published in

Vinstra Vinstra is a town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river and the Vins ...

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The c ...

county.''Store norske leksikon'': Dølen.
/ref> It is not affiliated with any political party. The newspaper covers events in the central Gudbrand Valley in the municipalities of

Ringebu is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vålebru (the village is also known as ''Ringebu''). The municipality ...

Sør-Fron Sør-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hundorp. Other villages in the municipality include Gålå, Ha ...

, and

Nord-Fron Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vinstra. Other population centers in Nord-Fron include the village ...

.''Dølen'' homepage: Kort om ''Dølen''.
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. The newspaper was first published on July 31, 1997, and it is issued once a week, on Tuesdays. The motto of the newspaper is "For døl og dal" (For dalesman and valley). The paper is a member of the National Association of Local Newspapers and

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, and it had a circulation of 3,839 as of December 31, 2014. The editor of the newspaper is Bjørn Kjellsson Sletten. Sletten will be replaced by a successor in September 2017.

Circulation

According to the Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations and National Association of Local Newspapers, ''Dølen'' has had the following annual circulation: *2004: 3,501 *2005: 3,561 *2006: 3,943 *2007: 4,242 *2008: 4,325 *2009: 4,239 *2010: 4,292 *2011: 4,190 *2012: 4,056 *2013: 3,973 *2014: 3,839 *2015: 3,851 *2016: 3,732''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''Dølen'' home page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dolen (Vinstra) Weekly newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Mass media in Oppland Nord-Fron Newspapers established in 1997 1997 establishments in Norway