''Romerikes Blad'' is a local newspaper published in Lillestrøm,

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 t ...

. It covers the Romerike district.

History and profile

''Romerikes Blad'' was established by

Martin Julius Halvorsen Martin Julius Halvorsen (4 November 1867 – 7 March 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. Born in Kristiania, he took an education as a book printer. Having founded his o ...

in 1902 in Jessheim under the name ''Akershusingen'', and was affiliated with the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the cen ...

. The name ''Romerikes Blad'' was taken in 1905. Between 1953 and 1967 it expanded from two to five editions a week. It mainly covered

Ullensaker Ullensaker is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Jessheim. It has a population of 40,459 inhabitants. Norway's largest ...

, Nannestad and Gjerdrum, although offices at Kjeller were opened in 1974. In 1990 it merged with the larger newspaper ''

Akershus Arbeiderblad Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main co ...

'', which mainly covered Skedsmo, Rælingen, Fet,

Sørum Sørum was a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sørumsand. Sørum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ( ...

and Lørenskog. The two newspapers had shared the same

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

for some time. ''Romerikes Blad'' had been the smaller newspaper before the merger, with a circulation of 10,694 copies in 1983 compared to ''Akershus Arbeiderblad'' which had 24,529 copies. Nonetheless, after an initial period under the name ''Akershus/Romerikes Blad'', the name ''Romerikes Blad'' was used. The editor-in-chief at the time of the merger was Terje Granerud (1989-2001). Today, ''Romerikes Blad'' is owned 100% by Amedia, like many former Labour-affiliated newspapers. It has a circulation of 37,653 copies of which 36,166 are subscribers.

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