''Nationen'' is a Norwegian daily

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with a particular focus on agriculture and rural districts. Its circulation in 2015 was 12,954, an increase of 281 copies from 2014.

History and profile

''Nationen'' was founded in 1918.Nationen
Store norske leksikon, Retrieved 7 April 2013 The founding editor-in-chief was Thorvald Aadahl, and during his editorship the paper adopted a far-right political stance. The paper primarily targets farmers and the agrarian sector, with focus on district politics,

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, commentaries and features. It is based in Oslo with offices in

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and

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, and edited by Mads Yngve Storvik. The newspaper relies heavily on

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s for regional coverage. Traditionally ''Nationen'' was affiliated with the Centre Party. Its founding owner was the Farmers Association. The newspaper is fully owned by Tun Media, which is controlled by the

Norwegian Agrarian Association The Norwegian Agrarian Association ( no, Norges Bondelag) is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers. It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union and ...

, TINE, Nortura,

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, and others. Tun Media works to promote the interests of Norwegian agriculture and rural districts. The media group also owns other publications, such as '' Bondebladet''. ''Nationen'' was against the EU membership of Norway. ''Nationen'' has had a

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since 1986. An online version
nationen.no
was formally launched in 2001. The newspaper is dependent on economic support from the Norwegian Government.Pressestøtte: Dagen og Medier24 får størst økning. Klassekampen får fremdeles mest.
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Circulation

Numbers from the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association,

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. * 1980: 21455 * 1981: 21780 * 1982: 21563 * 1983: 21648 * 1984: 20566 * 1985: 20691 * 1986: 20021 * 1987: 20370 * 1988: 19726 * 1989: 21388 * 1990: 22367 * 1991: 23011 * 1992: 20805 * 1993: 20102 * 1994: 21278 * 1995: 20278 * 1996: 20235 * 1997: 19104 * 1998: 18311 * 1999: 18307 * 2000: 17376 * 2001: 18652 * 2002: 17554 * 2003: 16987 * 2004: 16484 * 2005: 17061 * 2006: 16996 * 2007: 15871 * 2008: 15670 * 2009: 14514 * ... * 2014: 12673 * 2015: 12954

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nationen 1918 establishments in Norway Daily newspapers published in Norway Publications established in 1918 Norwegian-language newspapers Centre Party (Norway) newspapers Newspapers published in Oslo