''Søndre Bergenhus Amtstidende'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

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county. It had its roots in the newspaper ''Wossingen'', published as far away as

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from 1857 by the Norwegian emigrant Niels T. Bakkethun. It went defunct around New Years' of 1859. After fighting in the

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, Bakkethun returned to Norway around 1870, and in late 1871 he started publishing ''Vossingen'' in Voss. It was an apolitical newspaper, but as Bakkethun returned to the US it was bought by liberal men. However, the fourth owner aligned the newspaper with what would become the

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. He also changed the name to ''Søndre Bergenhus Amtstidende'' from 11 January 1878. The conservative newspaper was out-competed by the liberal '' Vossebladet'', and went defunct after its last issue on 31 December 1891.

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