''Fædrelandsvennen'' is a regional

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based in

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. It covers the southernmost part of the country, ( Aust-Agder and

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), focusing especially on the area between Mandal and

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(west and east of Kristiansand).

History and profile

''Fædrelandsvennen'' was established by Petrus Emilius Johanssen and Ole Christian Tangen in 1875. It is owned by the Norwegian based Schibsted ASA and has its headquarters in

. Eivind Ljøstad was appointed

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of the paper in 2010. It was ''Fædrelandsvennen'' which first reported on 29 December 1999 the relationship of

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with his future wife, Mette-Marit. On 16 September 2006 ''Fædrelandsvennen'' was switched from broadsheet to

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. On 14 May 2012, the newspaper introduced

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for their online site—only subscribers can access the online newspaper in full.

Circulation

''Fædrelandsvennen'' has 235 employees and has 116,000 daily readers. It is published six days per week. The circulation of ''Fædrelandsvennen'' was 45,000 copies in 2003. Confirmed circulation figures by Mediebedriftenes Landsforening (Newspaper Publishers' Association), Norway: * 2006: 42,642 * 2007: 41,326 * 2008: 40,729 * 2009: 39,454 * 2010: 37,934 * 2012: 35,441 * 2014: 34,065 * 2015: 32,739

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External links

www.fvn.noSchibsted website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faedrelandsvennen 1875 establishments in Norway Mass media in Kristiansand Daily newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1875