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

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Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The co ...

county. ''Gudbrandsdølen'' was started on 1 January 1894, after editor-in-chief Johan Filseth had been jettisoned from another newspaper ''

Framgang ''Framgang'' (meaning "Progress" in English) was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. History and profile ''Framgang'' was started in 1886 as a Liberal organ for people affiliated with Vonheim Folk High School. Edito ...

''. After his death in 1927, Jul Sundsvik and Johan's son Kaare Filseth took over. It was owned by Johan's widow Laura until Hans P. Lødrup bought it in 1930. The much older newspaper ''

Lillehammer Tilskuer ''Lillehammer Tilskuer'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. History and profile The paper was started in 1837 as ''Oplands-Tidende'', changed its name to ''Lillehammer Tilskuer'' in 1841 and became affiliated w ...

'' became incorporated into ''Gudbrandsdølen''. Johan Filseth had been a political

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, but under Lødrup the newspaper became

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, like ''Lillehammer Tilskuer'' had been. As time passed, ''Gudbrandsdølen'' became more affiliated (albeit not officially and outspokenly) with the Centre Party. In 1945, after the Second World War, ''Lillehammer Tilskuer'' was demerged and resurfaced from 22 May 1945. Sigurd Skogheim, who had been subeditor in the now-liquidated '' Laagen'', was hired as editor-in-chief of ''Gudbrandsdølen''. The two newspapers were "twin newspapers", with different editors but most of the material was the same. The newspapers were known collectively as "Gudbrandsdølen og Lillehammer Tilskuer". In 1990 the newspaper formally merged to form ''Gudbrandsdølen Lillehammer Tilskuer'' (GLT)—in 1997 further merged with ''

Dagningen ''Dagningen'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. History and profile ''Dagningen'' was started in 1924. The paper was affiliated with the Labour Party. It had its headquarters in Lillehammer. In 1997 the pape ...

'' to form ''

Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen ''Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of J ...

'' (GD).

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