''Grenmar'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Porsgrunn in Telemark county.

History and profile

''Grenmar'' was started on 3 January 1878, after two trial issues in December 1877. It absorbed the much older newspaper ''

Porsgrunds Blad ''Porsgrunds Blad'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Porsgrunn in Telemark county first established on the 1 May 1846 as ''Ugeblad for Porsgrund og Omegn'', initially apolitical, it became conservative-leaning, facing competition from the ...

'' in 1886 (and was named ''Grenmar Porsgrunds Blad'' for a while), and then ''Telefon'' which existed only from 1889 to 1890. ''Grenmar'', which was conservative, got a liberal competitor in '' Porsgrunds Dagblad'' in 1914. The newspaper stopped in April 1931. In September it was revived and synchronized with two other conservative newspapers in the district, ''Fylkesavisen'' (until then known as '' Fremskridt'') from Skien and ''

Breviks Dagblad ''Breviks Dagblad'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Brevik in Telemark county. It was named ''Bratsberg Blad'' from 1891 to 1924. It had a predecessor of sorts in the newspaper ''Telefon'', started in Porsgrunn on 22 May 1889. It had the ...

'' from Brevik. The newspapers had the same editor, and during parts of the Second World War a Nazi editor. Skien newspaper '' Varden'' bought the three in 1954, and all in all lost most of its liberal colour, instead supporting the Conservatives. ''Grenmar'''s last edition was on 30 June 1954.

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