''Dølen'' (The Dalesman) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in
Vinstra
Vinstra is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gu ...
in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...
county.''Store norske leksikon'': Dølen. /ref> It is not affiliated with any political party. The newspaper covers events in the central
Gudbrand Valley
Gudbrandsdalen (; ) is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer and the lake of Mjøsa, extending toward the Romsdalen val ...
in the municipalities of
Ringebu
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vålebru (the village is also known as ''Ringebu'').
The municipality ...
,
Sør-Fron
Sør-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hundorp. Other villages in the municipality include Gålå, Ha ...
, and
Nord-Fron
Nord-Fron is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vi ...
.''Dølen'' homepage: Kort om ''Dølen''. /ref> The editorship is based in Vinstra, and the newspaper contains material in both
Bokmål
Bokmål () (, ; ) is one of the official written standards for the Norwegian language, alongside Nynorsk. Bokmål is by far the most used written form of Norwegian today, as it is adopted by 85% to 90% of the population in Norway. There is no cou ...
and
Nynorsk
Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...
. The newspaper was first published on July 31, 1997, and it is issued once a week, on Tuesdays.
The motto of the newspaper is "For døl og dal" (For dalesman and valley). The paper is a member of the
National Association of Local Newspapers
The National Association of Local Newspapers (, LLA) is a Norwegian association for local newspapers. The organization was established in Voss in 1976, and it works for its member companies' general conditions and interests.
Among the first issu ...
and
Norwegian Media Businesses' Association The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association (, MBL) is an employers' organisation in Norway
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, and it had a circulation of 3,839 as of December 31, 2014.
The editor of the newspaper is Bjørn Kjellsson Sletten. Sletten will be replaced by a successor in September 2017.
Circulation
According to the
Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations The Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations () is a company that monitors the print runs of Norwegian newspapers, magazines, and weekly publications, and offers advice on calculating circulation numbers. It was established in 2001''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser. /ref>