''Oplandenes Avis'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in
Hamar
Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...
in
Hedmark
Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar.
Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...
county.
It started on 3 July 1872 by
Olaus Arvesen, who had been dismissed as editor of the conservative newspaper ''
Hamar Stiftstidende
''Hamar Stiftstidende'' is a former Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Hamar
Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional regi ...
''. He remained editor until 1906, and supported the
Liberal Party
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. The newspaper was edited by
Gerhard Jynge
Gerhard Vilhelm Jynge (1877 – February 21, 1945) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He became the editor of '' Oplandenes Avis'' in 1908Høeg, Tom Arbo. 1974. ''Norske aviser: Registerbind''. Oslo: Universitetsbibliotekets Hustrykkeri, p. 179. a ...
from 1908 to 1911.
[Høeg, Tom Arbo. 1974. ''Norske aviser: Registerbind''. Oslo: Universitetsbibliotekets Hustrykkeri, p. 179.] It was published twice a week, from 1879 three days and from 1889 six days a week.
After Arvesen left the editor chair, the newspaper shifted towards the right (
Coalition Party, later
Liberal Left Party
The Free-minded Liberal Party ( no, Frisinnede Venstre) was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in severa ...
).
[ In other words ''Oplandenes Avis'' converged with ''Hamar Stiftstidende'', and in March 1916 editor of the latter ]Erling Bühring-Dehli
Erling Bühring-Dehli (11 August 1887 – 13 December 1957) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born at Furnes in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of Berthel Dehli (1847–1891) a cavalry captain and ...
asked ''Oplandenes Avis'' editor Johannes Martens
Johannes Martens (9 July 1870 – 6 March 1938) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.
Personal life
He was born in Målselv as a son of dean Nikolai Martens (1836–1890) and Eleonora Henrikke Clodius Giæver. ...
if he wanted to sell his newspaper. Martens agreed,[ and after a while ''Oplandenes Avis'' came with its last issue on 30 June 1916.][
]
References
1872 establishments in Norway
Defunct newspapers published in Norway
Free-minded Liberal Party newspapers
Liberal Party (Norway) newspapers
Mass media in Hamar
Norwegian-language newspapers
Newspapers established in 1872
Publications disestablished in 1916
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