''Fremtiden'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

, Norway, between 1905 and 2000. It was an official publication of

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardan ...

History and profile

''Fremtiden'' was started in 1905. Its first editor was

Torgeir Vraa Torgeir Tarjei Olavsson Vraa (16 May 1868 – 21 June 1934) was a Norwegian educator, newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. Biography He was born on the Rui farm in the parish of Fyresdal in Telemark. Upon graduating from Ask ...

, who edited the newspaper from its start until his death in 1934. The paper became the main organ for the Norwegian Labour Party in Buskerud. During the 1980s its circulation was around 20,000 copies. ''Fremtiden'' ceased to appear in 2000. The newspaper reappeared as ''Dagsavisen Fremtiden'' in 2013. This is a local edition of ''

Dagsavisen ''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. ...

''. It is partly written by staff in Drammen while the rest of the newspaper consists of material from ''Dagsavisen''.Dagsavisen Fremtiden
''Store norske leksikon''. Retrieved 12 April 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fremtiden 1905 establishments in Norway 2000 disestablishments in Norway Mass media in Buskerud Drammen Defunct newspapers published in Norway Labour Party (Norway) newspapers Norwegian-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1905 Publications disestablished in 2000