''Fjordingen'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Stryn in

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county. It was named ''Innfjordingen'' from 1928 to 1929. It started on 14 September 1928 as ''Innfjordingen''. The first editor Nils Hertzberg was a sympathizer of the Fatherland League, but the newspaper had no clear political allegiance. It furthermore went bankrupt after a year, but continued from 4 November 1929 with the name ''Fjordingen''. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

a Nazi editor Bernhard Dippner was forced upon ''Fjordingen'' in 1941, before the newspaper was stopped in January 1942. The printing press was also taken away. After the war, the newspaper had some problems getting a new printing press and owner, but it resumed with a trial issue on 18 December 1945, first ordinary issue on 4 January 1946 and ownership by the Conservative Party from 1948. It was bought by local owners in the 1970s, then by ''

Sunnmørsposten ''Sunnmørsposten'' () is a newspaper published by Polaris Media in Ålesund, Norway. History and profile In its early days, ''Sunnmørsposten'' competed with several other local newspapers, including ''Aalesunds Avis'' (1917–1957), '' Aalesu ...

'' in 2003.

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* 1928 establishments in Norway Conservative Party (Norway) newspapers Norwegian-language newspapers Polaris Media Publications established in 1928 Publications disestablished in 1942 Newspapers established in 1945 Mass media in Sogn og Fjordane Stryn {{Norway-newspaper-stub