''Norge Idag'' (literally "Norway Today") is a

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Christian conservative weekly newspaper published in

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. In cooperation with the television channel

Visjon Norge Visjon Norge (or TV Visjon Norge) is a Norwegian Christian television station, which was launched in 2003 as the first Scandinavian Christian television channel to air 24 hours a day. It can be reached throughout Scandinavia by satellite. The foun ...

, ''Norge Idag'' bought former cinema ''Forum Kino'' on

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in Bergen which are also used as the newspaper's offices. The editor-in-chief is Finn Jarle Sæle.

Controversies

Among the editorial positions taken by the newspaper is opposition to legalizing

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and

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. The paper also served as a mouthpiece for Jan-Aage Torp when he encouraged Christians to use directed

prayer Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified a ...

in order to oust gays from positions of power. This call for a prayer campaign was discussed in a number of media, including ''

Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...

''.

Circulation

Confirmed net circulation figures from

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: * 2000: 9 452 * 2001: 12 275 * 2002: 12 222 * 2003: 11 329 * 2004: 10 442 * 2005: 10 231 * 2006: 10 154 * 2007: 10 167 * 2008: 10 293 * 2009: 10 493 * 2010: 10 691 * 2011: 11 034 * 2012: 11 052 * 2013: 11 202 * 2014: 11 322 * 2015: 11 447 * 2016: 11 465 * 2017: 11 574

References

External links

Official website
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