''Haugaland Arbeiderblad'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in
Haugesund
Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...
in
Rogaland
Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...
county. It was affiliated with the
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 ...
.
''Haugaland Arbeiderblad'' was started in 1907 under the name ''Arbeiderbladet''. It stopped in 1908, but returned in 1910. The same year its name was changed to ''Haugesunds Folkeblad''. In 1915 it absorbed the newspaper ''
Karmsundsposten ''Karmsundsposten'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Haugesund in Rogaland county, Norway.
''Karmsundsposten'' was started in 1861, as the first newspaper in the middle-sized city. It took its name from the Karmsundet strait between Hauges ...
'', and in 1926 it absorbed the newspaper ''
Haugesunds Social-Demokrat ''Haugesunds Social-Demokrat'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Haugesund in Rogaland county. It was affiliated with the Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway.
''Haugesunds Social-Demokrat'' was started in 1921, the same year the Social ...
'' and changed its name to ''Haugesunds Arbeiderblad''. In 1931 its name was changed to ''Haugarland Arbeiderblad'', and finally in 1939 to ''Haugaland Arbeiderblad''. It was stopped between 1941 and 1945, during the
German occupation of Norway
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...
. After the occupation, it resumed production, but struggled in competition with other local newspapers and went defunct in 1955. It was merged with
Stavanger
Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
-based ''1ste Mai'' to form ''
Rogalands Avis
''Rogalands Avis'' is a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway.
History and profile
''Rogalands Avis'' was established in 1899. The paper is based in Stavanger and covers the southern Rogaland.
A Labour Party-affiliated newspaper, it ...
''.
List of historical newspapers
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Defunct newspapers published in Norway
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Publications established in 1907
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