''Birkenesavisa'' (The Birkenes Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper in the municipality of

Birkenes Birkenes is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Birkeland, where about half the municipal population lives. Other vill ...

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county. The newspaper was established in 2002 and it is issued 48 times a year. It is published in Birkeland, the administrative center of the municipality. The newspaper appears on Wednesdays and covers Birkeland,

Herefoss Herefoss is a village in Birkenes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern end of the Herefossfjorden which is a large lake on the river Tovdalselva. The Norwegian National Road 41 runs through the village ...

, and

Vegusdal Vegusdal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1877 until its dissolution in 1967. It was located in the northwestern part of the present-day munic ...

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Editors

*Torbjørn Bjorvatn (2002–2003) *Bjørn Vidar Lie (2003–2015) * Geir Willy Haugen (2015–)

Circulation

According to the

Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations The Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations () is a company that monitors the print runs of Norwegian newspapers, magazines, and weekly publications, and offers advice on calculating circulation numbers. It was established in 2001National Association of Local Newspapers The National Association of Local Newspapers (, LLA) is a Norwegian association for local newspapers. The organization was established in Voss in 1976, and it works for its member companies' general conditions and interests. Among the first issu ...

, ''Birkenesavisa'' has had the following annual circulation: *2006: 1,416 *2007: 1,432 *2008: 1,637 *2009: 1,495 *2010: 1,445 *2011: 1,379 *2012: 1,344 *2013: 1,357 *2014: 1,335 *2015: 1,259 *2016: 1,278''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''Birkenesavisa'' home page
{{italic title Weekly newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Mass media in Agder Birkenes Newspapers established in 2002 2002 establishments in Norway