''Rakkestad Avis'' is a

local newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...

published in

Rakkestad Rakkestad is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rakkestad. It is divided into the parishes of Rakkestad, Degernes, and Os. The municipality is the county's second largest b ...

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History and profile

The newspaper was started on 16 September 1912. It was published as ''Østfold Bygdeblad'' in

Mysen Mysen is the administrative center of the municipality of Eidsberg in the county of Østfold in Norway. The town is named after the old farm of Mysen ( Norse ''Mysin'', from ''*Mosvin''), since the town is built on its ground. The first element i ...

from 1941 to 1986. The paper was affiliated with the

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, then 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 ...

/ Agrarian Party after 1920. Officially it was apolitical until 1936. In 1941, during the

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, the Germans amalgamated it with the newspaper '' Lokalposten'', and gave it the name ''Østfold Bygdeblad'' from 2 April 1941. The newspaper was eventually moved to

, but it was moved back as the name reverted to ''Rakkestad Avis'' from 2 January 1987. It is published three days a week. A competitor from 2002 to 2008 ''

Rakkestad Bygdeblad ''Rakkestad Bygdeblad'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Rakkestad in Østfold county. History and profile ''Rakkestad Bygdeblad'' was started on 4 September 2002 as a competitor to '' Rakkestad Avis'', which until then had a monopoly as a ...

'' tried to publish on three other days of the week, but succumbed. ''Rakkestad Avis'' is now published by the company Rakkestad Avis AS, which is owned 100% by

A-pressen Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...

. The paper had a circulation of about 1,842 copies in 1963. The 2013 circulation of the paper was 2,515 copies.

References

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