''Finnmarksposten'' 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

Honningsvåg Honningsvåg is the northernmost cities and towns, northernmost city/town in mainland Norway. It is located in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county. Honningsvåg was declared a city in 1996, despite its small population. The town has a po ...

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 was established in 1866. It has a circulation of 1235, of whom 726 are subscribers. ''Finnmarksposten'' is owned by ''

Finnmark Dagblad ''Finnmark Dagblad'' is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Hammerfest, Norway. The newspaper was founded in 1913 as ''Vestfinmarkens Socialdemokrat''. It changed its name to ''Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad'' in 1923. From 1940 the newspaper ...

'' since 1993, 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 ...

. Well known journalist

Reidar Stavseth Reidar Stavseth (May 21, 1907 – April 12, 1991) was a Norwegians, Norwegian newspaper editor and a politician for the Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative Party. He served as editor for many different newspapers and is best known for being ...

was also the editor of the newspaper in 1930.

References

Norwegian Media Registry

External links

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