''Sandefjords Blad'' is a newspaper published daily in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

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, except on Sundays. It is available in

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only. Sandefjords Blad is a

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, owned by Mecom with a circulation of 14,780 copies (2004) and 50

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s (2004). Sandefjords Blad is printed at the joint printing center Edda Trykk Ltd at Borgeskogen in

Stokke Stokke is a town in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. It lies in-between Sandefjord and Tønsberg, two of Vestfold's largest cities. It was a municipality from 1838 to 2016. The administrative centre of the municipality was th ...

. As of 2018, the newspaper has a circulation of 7,577 printed copies and 12,213 daily online subscribers. According to the

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, the newspaper had 29,300 readers on an average day in 2018. The editor is Steinar Ulrichsen and the newspaper is owned by

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Circulation

Circulation data according to the

.Aviskatalogen, tall fra nettsidene til Mediebedriftenes Landsforening

History

Sandefjord got its first newspaper in October 1859, ''Sandemanden''. This newspaper was only released for a year and a half.

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and printer Hans Severin Iversen started the newspaper and

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in Sandefjord on April 24, 1861. This newspaper initially used the name ''Sandefjords Tidende'' and traditionally represented the Conservative Party. During the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

, paper

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as a consequence of World War II led the newly established

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to force a merger between the newspapers ''Sandefjords Blad'' and ''Vestfold'', beginning on September 1, 1940. The new newspaper received the name ''Sandefjords Presse'' and its last issue was printed on May 19, 1945. Olaf Bøe from

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was appointed editor for ''Sandefjords Presse'' in 1944.

German occupation

Despite heavy restrictions and many directives issued by the

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and

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at the beginning of the

, Sandefjords Blad operated as normal in the early days of the occupation. On August 29, 1942, the

ordered a merge of the two Sandefjord-based newspapers, ''Sandefjords Blad'' and ''Vestfold''. The new newspaper was named ''Sandefjords Presse'' and its first edition was issued on September 1, 1942. The government’s reasoning for the forced merger was due to paper

as a consequence of the war. Editors for the new paper were Thoralf Granerød and

Arne Hoffstad Arne Hoffstad (21 September 1900 – 26 September 1980) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and Conservative Party politician. Born in Sandefjord, the son of a botanist, he became the editor of the local ''Sandefjords Blad'' newspaper. Early life ...

. Granerød was replaced by

Øivind Vindal Christensen Øivind may refer to: *Øivind Blunck (born 1950), Norwegian comedian and actor *Øivind Bolstad (1905–1979), Norwegian playwright and novelist *Øivind Farmen, Norwegian accordionist *Øivind Holmsen (1912–1996), Norwegian international footb ...

following Granerød’s death in 1943. The newspaper had a circulation of 7,700 as of September 7, 1942. Arne Hoffstad later escaped to Sweden in the fall of 1944 and

Olaf Bøe Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" a ...

was appointed editor by the press director for

Anders Beggerud Anders Beggerud (22 June 1894 in Sandsvær – 22 June 1957) was a Norwegian civil servant during the Nazi regime. He hailed from Kongsberg, and was a crafts teacher by profession. He was a member of Nasjonal Samling. From 1940 to 1945, during the ...

. News of Nazi Germany’s capitulation reached the city on May 7, 1945, and the editorial staff at ''Sandefjords Presse'' worked through the night and were able to publish a four-page newspaper on May 8. Through this process, Olaf Bøe had been removed as editor and replaced with former editor Øivind Vindal Christensen. During the occupation, roughly all staff members at ''Sandefjords Presse'' were helping with the production of illegal newspapers. Several illegal newspapers were also distributed by ''Sandefjords Presse''. The last edition of ''Sandefjord Presse'' was published on May 19, 1945. ''Sandefjords Blad'' returned with its first issue on Whit Tuesday, May 22, 1945. Ole Lind became editor and Torleif Jacobsen assisting editor.

Names

Some former names for the newspaper have been:Eide, Martin (2000). ''Den redigerende makt: redaktørrollens norske historie''. IJ-forlag. Page 309. ISBN 8271472054. * Sandemanden (1859–1860) * Sandefjords og Sandeherreds Tidende (1861-1873) * Sandefjords Tidende (1874–1894) * Sandefjords Blad (1894-1942) * Sandefjords Presse (1942-1945) * Sandefjords Blad (1945–)

External links

''Sandefjords Blad'' (in Norwegian)

References

{{Authority control Daily newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Sandefjord Companies based in Sandefjord