''Tysnes'' is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Tysnes in
Hordaland
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county
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.''Tysnes'': Om oss. /ref>
The newspaper was established in 1953 as a four-page publication. It was originally issued biweekly, but in 1979 it became a weekly publication, appearing every Thursday.
Circulation
According to the
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, ''Tysnes'' has had the following annual circulation:
*2004: 2,408
*2005: 2,412
*2006: 2,435
*2007: 2,475
*2008: 2,511
*2009: 2,446
*2010: 2,456
*2011: 2,419
*2012: 2,344
*2013: 2,365
*2014: 2,323
*2015: 2,259
*2016: 2,188''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser. /ref>