''Finnmarken'' is a

local newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

published in

Vadsø Vadsø or Vadso may refer to: Places * Vadsø Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *Vadsø (town) (Norwegian language, Norwegian; ), (Northern Sami language, Northern Sami; , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, tow ...

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 ...

. It covers eastern

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

county. It was established in 1899 by

Adam Egede-Nissen Adam Hjalmar Egede-Nissen (29 June 1868 – 4 April 1953), was a Norwegian postmaster and politician, who began his political career in the Liberal Party and was first elected to the Storting (parliament) in 1900. He later switched to the L ...

and others. In 1942, ''Finnmarken'' was taken over by the national socialist occupant regime. They incorporated it into '' Finnmark Folkeblad'' in 1944. In 1945, after the occupation, this was reversed; however, both '' Folkets Frihet'' and ''

Vadsø Arbeiderblad Vadsø or Vadso may refer to: Places *Vadsø Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *Vadsø (town), a town within Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *Vadsø Church, a church in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, No ...

'' were absorbed into ''Finnmarken''. It has a circulation of 7,147, of whom 6,302 are subscribers. ''Finnmarken (newspaper)'' is owned by ''A-pressen Lokale Medier AS'', which in turn is owned 100% by

A-pressen Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...

. The editor is Karoline Almås Sørensen.Karoline Almås Sørensen (33) er ny redaktør i Finnmarken
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References

Norwegian Media Registry

External links

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