''Hordaland Folkeblad'' (The Hordaland People's Gazette) is a local

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

newspaper published in

Norheimsund Norheimsund is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern side of the Hardangerfjord, about from the city of Bergen. The village of Øystese lies about to the northeas ...

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

county.''Store norske leksikon'': Hordaland Folkeblad.
/ref> The newspaper was established in 1873 and is one of the oldest local newspapers in Norway. It covers news in the municipalities of

Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settle ...

and

Jondal Jondal is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1863 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county. It was located on the Folgefonna peninsula ...

. ''Hordaland Folkeblad'' is published twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, and appears in

Nynorsk Nynorsk () () is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Nor ...

. Locally, the newspaper is often referred to as ''Skaaralappen'' ('Skaar's slip') after Nils Nilsson Skaar (1852–1948), who became the paper's editor in 1878''Hordaland Folkeblad'': Om HF.
/ref> and its sole owner in 1889. The current editor is Sigbjørn Linga, who assumed the position in 2013.

Circulation

According to the

Norwegian Media Businesses' Association The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association ( no, Mediebedriftenes Landsforening, MBL) is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise ( no, Nær ...

, ''Hordaland Folkeblad'' has had the following annual circulation: *2006: 5,733 *2007: 5,790 *2008: 5,799 *2009: 5,762 *2010: 5,680 *2011: 5,620 *2012: 5,633 *2013: 5,608 *2014: 5,520 *2015: 5,482 *2016: 5,299''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''Hordaland Folkeblad'' home page
{{italic title Newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Mass media in Hordaland Kvam Publications established in 1873 1873 establishments in Norway Nynorsk