''Bergens Tidende'' is
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...
.
''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company
Schibsted ASA.
Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015.
History and profile
Founded in 1868, ''Bergens Tidende'' is based in
Bergen. The newspaper is published in two sections. Section one contains op-eds, general news, sports, and weather. Section two contains culture, views, local news, and television listings. The feature magazine ''BTMagasinet'' is published on Saturdays.
''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns ''
Aftenposten'', ''
Stavanger Aftenblad
''Stavanger Aftenblad'' () (lit: ''Stavanger Evening Paper'') or simply ''Aftenbladet'' is a daily newspaper based in Stavanger, Norway, and owned by Schibsted Media Group.
Norwegian owners held 42 percent of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...
'', and ''
Fædrelandsvennen''. At least 30% of the shares of Schibsted are owned by foreign investment banks and insurance companies, such as Goldman Sachs. The paper began to be published in
tabloid format
A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format.
Etymology
The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs We ...
in 2006.
The paper was awarded the
European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspaper category by the European Newspapers Congress in 2011.
In 2005 ''Bergens Tidende'' reached about 260,000 readers every day, mainly in the county of
Vestland. Circulation numbers peaked at 100,000 copies in 1988. Its circulation was about 87,000 copies in 2007. In 2008 the paper had a circulation of 85,825 copies, and later dropped to 70,220 copies by 2015.
Website
The website of ''Bergens Tidende'' is bt.no. Until 2009, the newspaper broadcast on
BTV (formerly
TV Hordaland), but service was taken off air and incorporated into bt.no.
List of editors-in-chief
*
Edvard Larssen, Jan - Apr 1868
*
Johan Hekleberg Johan
* Johan (given name)
* ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller
* Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group
** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group
* Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
* Jo-Han, a manu ...
, 1868–1869
*
David Chrystie Habe
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, 1869–1871
*
Olav Lofthus
Olav Lofthus (8 October 1847 – 10 August 1894) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor.
He was born at Ullensvang, in Hordaland, Norway. He was a student at Voss in 1861-62 and took teacher training at Stord Seminar in 1866-68. Lofthus ...
, 1872–1894
* , 1894–1902
*
K. F. Dahl, 1902–1903
* , 1903–1942
[
* ]Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner Vidkun or Vidkunn is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), Norwegian military officer and politician
*Vidkunn Hveding (1921–2001), Norwegian politician
* Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner, editor of Bergens Ti ...
, 1942–1945
* Håkon Torsvik
Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden),Oxford Dictionary of First Names Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006 "Håkon Norwegian: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon or Háukon, from hā ...
, 1945–1956
* Ingemund Fænn
Ingemund Fænn (18 September 1907 – 19 June 1987) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He was born in Stryn. He worked in ''Fjordingen'' from 1928 to 1936, and was hired in ''Bergens Tidende'' in 1936. He advanced to head of its Oslo
Oslo ( , ...
, 1956–1977
* Kjartan Rødland
Kjartan Rødland (born 29 November 1938) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, and author of several books.
Career
Rødland was born in the village of Bolstadøyri in Voss. He started working as journalist from 1956, first in the newsp ...
, 1977–1986
* , 1986–1991
* Magne Gaasemyr Magne may refer to:
* Magne (given name), origin of and people with the given name
* Magne (surname), origin of and people with the surname
* , several ships of the Swedish Navy
* Magne Charge, an inductive charging system
* Magne (''My Hero Aca ...
, 1991–1994
* Hans Erik Matre
Hans Erik Matre (born 14 May 1955) is a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He was born in Ski. He was a subeditor in '' Vårt Land'' from 1980 to 1983, and chief editor from 1983 to 1989. He doubled as chief editor and chief executive of both the Norwegi ...
, 1994–1997
* Einar Hålien, 1997–2008
* Trine Eilertsen, 2008–2012
* Gard Steiro, 2012–2015
* Øyulf Hjertenes, 2015–2019
* , 2019–present
References
External links
bt.noBTV
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1868 establishments in Norway
Daily newspapers published in Norway
Newspapers established in 1868
Newspapers published in Bergen
Norwegian-language newspapers
Norwegian news websites