''Sande Avis'' (The Sande Gazette) is a local

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

newspaper published in the municipality of Sande in

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered th ...

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.''Store norske leksikon'': Sande Avis.
/ref> The newspaper's history goes back to 1981, although it was not until 1993 that it became a weekly subscription publication.Amedia: ''Sande Avis''.
/ref> In 1999, ''Sande Avis'' was purchased by ''

Drammens Tidende ''Drammens Tidende'' is a Norwegian Bokmål language newspaper published in Drammen, Norway. History and profile The former ''Drammens Tidende'' dates back to 2 January 1832, when it was known as ''Tiden'', taking the new name in thirteen years la ...

''. The paper is edited by Hege Frostad Dahle.

Circulation

According to the

Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations The Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations ( no, Norsk Opplagskontroll AS) is a company that monitors the print runs of Norwegian newspapers, magazines, and weekly publications, and offers advice on calculating circulation numbers. It was establishe ...

and

National Association of Local Newspapers The National Association of Local Newspapers ( no, Landslaget for lokalaviser, LLA) is a Norwegian association for local newspapers. The organization was established in Voss in 1976, and it works for its member companies' general conditions and inte ...

, ''Sande Avis'' has had the following annual circulation: * 2006: 2,342 * 2007: 2,308 * 2008: 2,220 * 2009: 2,217 * 2010: 2,246 * 2011: 2,212 * 2012: 2,281 * 2013: 2,346 * 2014: 2,252 * 2015: 2,127 * 2016: 2,122''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''Sande Avis'' homepage
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