''Tønsbergs Blad'' is a

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published in

Tønsberg Tønsberg (), historically Tunsberg, is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located about south-southwest of the capital city of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near ...

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. The newspaper was founded by printer Hans Jørgen Magnus Hansen on 3 August 1870, with an initial circulation of 210 copies. By the turn of the century the circulation had grown to 2,600. In 1881 the newspaper was purchased by ''Tønsbergs Aktietrykkeri'', to operate as a conservative publication. In 1986 Orkla Media ASpart of the

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took over ownership. When this company was taken over by the

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in 2006, it changed name to

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. ''Tønsbergs Blad'' had a circulation of 30,354 copies in 2007. The newspaper employs 98 people full-time, and the editor in chief is Håkon Borud.

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