''Illustreret Folkeblad'' (The Illustrated People's News) was a newspaper published in Norway from 1856 to 1858. The newspaper was published weekly, and it bore the subtitle ''til Belærelse og Underholdning'' 'for education and entertainment'.

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguishe ...

was the founder and editor of the paper, and he had several of his first peasant stories printed in it. Among these, '' Synnøve Solbakken'', which was printed in ''Illustreret Folkeblad'' in 1857, is particularly noteworthy. Publications by Bjørnson that appeared in the newspaper include: ''Aanun'', ''Et farligt frieri'' (A Dangerous Courtship), ''Om Dands, Sang, Kortspil, Felespil og anden Morskab'' (Dancing, Singing, Card Games, Fiddling, and Other Amusements), ''Ole Stormoen'', ''En munter Mand'' (A Cheerful Man; incomplete), and ''Synnøve Solbakken''.

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