''Framgang'' (meaning "Progress" in English) was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

Lillehammer Lillehammer () 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 Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

in Oppland county.

History and profile

''Framgang'' was started in 1886 as a Liberal organ for people affiliated with Vonheim Folk High School. Editors-in-chief were Johan Filseth and

Matias Skard Matias Skard (28 May 1846 – 28 July 1927) was a Norwegian philologist, educator, psalmist, essayist and translator. Biography Matias Olsen Skard was born on a family farm at Øyer in Gudbrandsdal, Norway. He had planned to study theology bu ...

. Skard left Vonheim in 1890, and Filseth became the sole editor. By 1893, he had fallen into conflict with the people of Vonheim, and he left to found his own newspaper ''

Gudbrandsdølen ''Gudbrandsdølen'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. ''Gudbrandsdølen'' was started on 1 January 1894, after editor-in-chief Johan Filseth had been jettisoned from another newspaper ''Framgang''. After his d ...

''. ''Framgang'' continued publication until 1896.

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1886 establishments in Norway 1896 disestablishments in Norway Defunct newspapers published in Norway Liberal Party (Norway) newspapers Mass media in Lillehammer Norwegian-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1886 Publications disestablished in 1896 {{italic title