''Hardanger Arbeiderblad'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Odda in

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 Munici ...

county. ''Hardanger Arbeiderblad'' was started in 1919 as ''Hardanger Social-Demokrat''. Its name was changed in 1923, the same year as a faction of the Labour Party left social democracy to form the Communist Party of Norway.List of historical newspapers
/ref> It was published once a week, but from mid-1927 twice a week. It was closed after its last issue on 14 August 1940 due to the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

. It returned in 1946, as a common project for the Labour and Communist parties, but went defunct in 1949. In the general election the same year the Communist Party had dropped from 11 to 0 seats in Parliament. The first editor was Edvard Jørstad. Among the later editors was Harald Slåttelid.

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