Vågan
Vågan ( sme, Vuogát) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Svolvær. Some of the villages in Vågan include Digermulen, ...
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Svolvær
Svolvær () is the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, along the Vestfjorden. The town has a population (2018) of 4,720 which gives t ...
county
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.''Store norske leksikon'': ''Våganavisa''. /ref>
The paper was launched on November 1, 2006 and it appears once a week. It is owned and edited by Mari Rokkan. Edd Meby served as the editor until 2016.Michalsen, Gard L. 2016. Edd Meby gir seg etter ti år i Våganavisa - blir redaktør og daglig leder i lokalavisa Ryfylke. ''M24'' (July 6). /ref> In 2009, ''Våganavisa'' was named
Local Newspaper of the Year Local Newspaper of the Year ( no, Årets lokalavis) is a Norwegian
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Circulation
According to the
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and National Association of Local Newspapers, ''Våganavisa'' has had the following annual circulation:
*2007: 1,743
*2008: 2,067
*2009: 2,040
*2010: 2,295
*2011: 2,359
*2012: 2,543
*2013: 2,563
*2014: 2,477
*2015: 2,460
*2016: 2,326''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser. /ref>