was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

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county. It was named from 1885 to 1915 and from 1915 to 1923. It was started as on 1 March 1885, a newspaper for the region Glåmdalen. The first editor was Hans Aasumb, and the political affiliation was

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. The newspaper drifted slowly to the left, and it was bought by the Labour Party and the

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in 1914. The seller was Erik Lund, who had bought the newspaper in 1907 and continued as editor-in-chief. The newspaper was also merged with '' Solungen'', whose last issue came in December 1914. From 1 April 1915 the merged newspaper was named . On 30 April 1923 the name was changed to . Later in 1923 the

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broke away from the Labour Party, and took with them the . The newspaper was published on a daily basis. Waldemar Carlsen, the editor-in-chief since 1916, remained in the editor chair until he quit his job in 1925 because he did not receive wages anymore. Arbeiderpressens Samvirke took over the newspaper, and declared bankruptcy in 1926. Then, Arbeiderpressens Samvirke used the newspaper's infrastructure to start and publish a new newspaper , renamed in 1943. continued with a Communist editor, but was now printed in

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. The newspaper went defunct after its last issue on 1 April 1927.

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