''Sydvesten'' (The Southwest) 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 once a week in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

.''Store norske leksikon'': ''Sydvesten''.
/ref> ''Sydvesten'' covers events in the boroughs of

Laksevåg Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called ''Laxevaag'', and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was m ...

and

Fyllingsdalen Fyllingsdalen () is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located southwest of the city centre in the Fyllingsdalen valley, west of the mountain Løvstakken. The neighbourhoods of Fyllingsdalen mainly consist ...

.''Sydvesten'': Om ''Sydvesten''.
/ref> When the newspaper was launched in 1994, it was originally called ''Lokalavisen for Fyllingsdalen og Bønes'' (The Local Newspaper for Fyllingsdalen and Bønes). In March 2002 its coverage expanded to include Laksevåg. From January 25, 2013, to August 2015, Laksevåg was covered by the affiliated paper ''Lyderhorn'', which then folded. Now ''Sydvesten'' once again covers both Fyllingsdalen and Laksevåg. ''Sydvesten'' is owned by the company Bydelsavisene Bergen AS and is published every Tuesday, except for four weeks in July.

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 ...

, ''Sydvesten'' has had the following annual circulation: *2004: 2,185 *2005: 2,352 *2006: 2,188 *2007: 2,146 *2008: 2,031 *2009: 1,847 *2010: 1,752 *2011: 1,756 *2012: 1,581 *2013: 1,416 *2014: 1,180 *2015: 1,513 *2016: 1,746''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''Sydvesten'' homepage
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