''Sogn Avis'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in

Leikanger Leikanger () is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Hermansverk, which also was the ...

Sogndal Municipality Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages i ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county. It was named ''Sogns Avis'' from 1926 to 1972 and ''Sogningen/Sogns Avis'' from 1972 to 1993. It started on 21 August 1926 in

Vikøyri Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden, roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The ...

, a small settlement that had lost the newspaper '' Sogningen'' in 1925. Its first editor was Thormod Liljedahl. After less than a year it was bought by bookprinter Ingvald Husabø, who was acting editor in 1927. Then, as new editor Ivar Tveit was hired, and from August 1927 ''Sogns Avis'' was the organ for 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 ...

and the Agrarian Party in the region

Sogn Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway ''(Vestlandet)''. It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestr ...

. It was stopped in 1941 during the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

, but resumed from 3 July 1945. In 1947 it was moved from Vikøyri to

Sogndal Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages ...

, a regional centre that had lost its newspaper '' Sogns Tidende''. ''Sogns Avis'' was put on hold from November 1945 to 21 August 1959, when Ingvald Husabø became personally involved as acting editor again. Husabø moved it to

. In 1972 it incorporated ''Sogningen'' and continued as ''Sogningen/Sogns Avis''. It was nominally independent of political parties, but between the lines it supported the Conservative Party, a tradition from ''Sogningen''. Editor-in-chief was Hans Arnesen, who multiplied the readership. In 1993 it incorporated ''

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...

'' and continued as ''Sogn Avis''. Editors under the label ''Sogn Avis'' have been Gerhard Haugland (1992–2000), Jan Inge Fardal (acting, 2000–2001), Kai Aage Pedersen (2001-2003), Rune Timberlid (2003-2005) and Jan Inge Fardal (2005-present).

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* {{Authority control 1926 establishments in Norway Centre Party (Norway) newspapers Conservative Party (Norway) newspapers Leikanger Norwegian-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1926 Publications disestablished in 1941 Newspapers established in 1945 Mass media in Sogn og Fjordane Sogndal Vik