Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) 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 of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. 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, is based in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

. 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. is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns , and . 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 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, reached about 260,000 readers every day, mainly in the county of

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

. 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 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, 1868–1869 * David Chrystie Habe, 1869–1871 * Olav Lofthus, 1872–1894 * , 1894–1902 * K. F. Dahl, 1902–1903 * , 1903–1942 * Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner, 1942–1945 * Håkon Torsvik, 1945–1956 * Ingemund Fænn, 1956–1977 * Kjartan Rødland, 1977–1986 * Einar Eriksen, 1986–1991 * Magne Gaasemyr, 1991–1994 * Hans Erik Matre, 1994–1997 * Einar Hålien, 1997–2008 * Trine Eilertsen, 2008–2012 * Gard Steiro, 2012–2015 * Øyulf Hjertenes, 2015–2019 * Frøy Gudbrandsen, 2019–2023 * Trond Olav Skrunes, 2024–present

References

External links

bt.noBTV
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