Altaposten

Altaposten is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Alta in Finnmark county, Norway.

History and profile

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Altaposten was founded in 1969, and its first editor was Øystein Dalland. From 1988 Ulf Jørgensen edited the newspaper, and since 2001 the editor-in-chief has been Rolf Edmund Lund.[1][2] Altaposten was the owner of the Sami newspaper Áššu until its merge with Min Áigi to form Ávvir, which is owned by Altaposten together with Finnmark Dagblad.

Altaposten had a circulation of 4,793 copies in 2012.[3] The 2013 circulation of the paper was 4,535 copies.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Altaposten". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. ^ Knut Roger Eikeseth (2010). "Altaposten". In Idar Flo (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 35. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  3. ^ "Production grants for news and current affairs media" (PDF). Ministry of Culture. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Circulation of Norwegian newspapers. 2013". Media Norway. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
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