''Fjordabladet'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published two times a week in

Nordfjordeid Nordfjordeid is the administrative centre of the municipality of Stad, Norway, Stad in Vestland county, western Norway. It is located at the end of the Eidsfjorden, an arm of the main Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane), Nordfjorden, west of the large ...

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county. The newspaper mainly focuses on coverage within

Stad Municipality Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula. The administrative centre of the ...

, but does also cover the greater Nordfjord region. It started on 10 July 1874 as ''Fjordenes Blad'', the

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...

organ in the region

Nordfjord Nordfjord (—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. Geography The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway. It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises Stad Muni ...

. A driving force behind the establishment was

Otto Blehr Otto Albert Blehr (17 February 1847 – 13 July 1927) was a Norwegian statesman, attorney and newspaper editor who was the prime minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the ...

, and the first editor-in-chief (until 1882) was Edvard Storm Blom. From 1885 to 1892, when Mons Syltevik was editor, the newspaper leaned more towards the

Moderate Liberal Party The Moderate Liberal Party (, literally "Moderate Left") was a List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway that emerged from the moderate and religious branches of the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party in 1888. The party's t ...

, but with the editorship of John Myklebust it then returned to its Liberal allegiance which lasted throughout the party newspaper period. ''Fjordabladet'' is owned by Fjordtrykk, which is in turn owned 32.5% by ''

Sunnmørsposten ''Sunnmørsposten'' () is a newspaper published by Polaris Media in Ålesund, Norway. History and profile In its early days, ''Sunnmørsposten'' competed with several other local newspapers, including '' Aalesunds Avis'' (1917–1957), '' Aales ...

'', 9.9% by competitor ''

Fjordingen ''Fjordingen'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Stryn in Vestland county. It was named ''Innfjordingen'' from 1928 to 1929. It started on 14 September 1928 as ''Innfjordingen''. The first editor Nils Hertzberg was a sympathizer of the Fat ...

'', 14.7% by Adfons and 42.9% by small, local owners. The newspaper is issued two days a week, and has a circulation of 2,796, among whom 2,620 are subscribers.http://81.0.188.212/database/dbprogs/?1=1&fid=20044

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