''Glåmdalen'' is a

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published in

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

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. It is named after the district Glåmdalen, and covers southern Hedmark with offices in

Solør Solør is a Norwegian traditional district consisting of the valley between Elverum in the north and Kongsvinger in the south. It is part of Innlandet county and it includes the municipalities Våler, Åsnes, and Grue. Glomma valley Glommadal ...

Skarnes Skarnes is the administrative centre of Sør-Odal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies along the river Glomma, about half-way between the villages of Disenå and Sander. The new Sør-Odal municipal hall is located in the vill ...

and

Nes, Akershus Nes is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named af ...

History and profile

The newspaper was established in 1926 as ''Kongsvinger Arbeiderblad'', and had a connection to the

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. It changed its name in 1943, and later became non-partisan. ''Glåmdalen'' changed to tabloid format in 1997 and launched its Internet site in 2000. Retrieved 31 October 2008. ''Glåmdalen'' is published by the company ''Glåmdalen AS'', which is owned 100% by

Amedia 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 ...

. In 2011, the paper won the World Young Reader Prize of WAN/IFRA in the Public Service category. In a study dated 2016 ''Glåmdalen'' was found to contain the

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''Negro'' (Norwegian: ''neger'') at the lowest frequency in the period between 1970 and 2014 with 14 references. ''Glåmdalen'' had a circulation of 18,531 in 2010. The 2013 circulation of the paper was 16,523 copies. Next year it sold 15,4244 copies.

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