''Bratsberg-Demokraten'' ("The Bratsberg Democrat") was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the ...

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

county. From 1924 to 1929 it was named ''Telemark Kommunistblad''. ''Bratsberg-Demokraten'' was started on 7 April 1908, as the Labour Party needed an organ in the county

(then named Bratsberg). On 10 January 1921 it was merged with '' Nybrott'' to form ''Folkets Dagblad'', a regional newspaper for both Telemark and

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t ...

, but the merger was reversed after 19 May 1922. ''Bratsberg-Demokraten'' continued. In 1923 it was usurped by the Communist Party of Norway. It changed name from 2 January 1924 to ''Telemark Kommunistblad''. It lasted until 28 June 1929, and was survived by Labour's '' Telemark Arbeiderblad''. Eivind Reiersen was a noted editor, holding the post from 1919 to 1921 (a bit into the ''Folkets Dagblad'' period) and from 1924 to 1928.

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