Vågan Vågan or Vaagan may refer to:
People
*Eldar Vågan, a songwriter and guitarist in the band Vazelina Bilopphøggers
*Ole Morten Vågan, a Norwegian jazz musician and composer
*Petter Vågan, a bandleader, singer, and guitarist of the Norwegian indi ...
Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in the town of
Svolvær
(Norwegian language, Norwegian, ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, alon ...
in
Vågan Municipality
Vågan () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the List of to ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county
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.''Store norske leksikon'': ''Våganavisa''. /ref>
The paper was launched on November 1, 2006 and it appears once a week. It is owned and edited by Mari Rokkan. Edd Meby served as the editor until 2016.Michalsen, Gard L. 2016. Edd Meby gir seg etter ti år i Våganavisa - blir redaktør og daglig leder i lokalavisa Ryfylke. ''M24'' (July 6). /ref> In 2009, ''Våganavisa'' was named
Local Newspaper of the Year Local Newspaper of the Year () is a Norwegian award that is conferred every year by the country's National Association of Local Newspapers. It was awarded for the first time in 1989. The newspaper ''Hallingdølen
''Hallingdølen'' is a Norwegia ...
by 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.
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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
*2012: 2,543
*2013: 2,563
*2014: 2,477
*2015: 2,460
*2016: 2,326''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser. /ref>