Halden Arbeiderblad

Halden Arbeiderblad
Owner A-pressen (41.5%)
Editor Frode Rekve
Founded 1929
Political alignment Labour Party
Non-partisan
Headquarters Halden, Norway
Circulation 8,533[1]
Official website www.ha-halden.no

Halden Arbeiderblad is a local newspaper in Halden, Norway.

It was established in 1929 as a Labour Party newspaper,[2] but has later become non-partisan.[3] It was stopped between October 1940 and June 1945, due to the German occupation of Norway,[2] and the editor-in-chief Johannes Stubberud was sent to a concentration camp.[4]

In addition to Halden, the newspaper covers the municipality of Aremark.[2] In 2008 it had a circulation of 8,533, of whom 8,267 are subscribers.[1] It is published by Halden Arbeiderblad AS, which is owned 41.5% by A-pressen, 14.7% by the Labour Party, 19.9% by local trade unions and 23.9% by various others.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Halden Arbeiderblad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Media Registry. Norwegian Media Authority. http://www.medieregisteret.no/database/dbprogs/?1=1&fid=20066. Retrieved 8 March 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c Østbye, Helge (1984) (in Norwegian). Massemediene. Oslo: Tiden. pp. 27. ISBN 82-10-02375-6. 
  3. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Halden Arbeiderblad" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Halden_Arbeiderblad. Retrieved 8 March 2009. 
  4. ^ Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun and Garder, Johan (1951). Våre falne 1939-1945. 4. Oslo: Grøndahl. pp. 253.