''Flensborg Avis'' is a Danish language daily newspaper, published in

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

(), Germany. It regularly cooperates with ''

Flensburger Tageblatt The German-language Flensburger Tageblatt is, in addition to the Danish-language '' Flensborg Avis'', one of two daily newspapers in Flensburg, Germany. The independent newspaper brings news for Flensburg and the district of Schleswig-Flensburg. ...

'', a German majority newspaper in the city, and ''

Der Nordschleswiger ''Der Nordschleswiger'' is a German-language internet newspaper in Denmark with its main editorial office in Aabenraa and local editorial offices in Haderslev, Sønderborg, Tinglev and Tønder. The media house functions and sees itself as the mo ...

'', a German minority newspaper published in Denmark.

History and profile

''Flensborg Avis'' was first published on 1 October 1869 in Flensburg by members of the Danish minority in the

Province of Schleswig-Holstein The Province of Schleswig-Holstein ( ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia (from 1868 to 1918) and the Free State of Prussia (from 1918 to 1946). History It was created from the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which had been conquere ...

. The paper represents the Danish minority in Southern Schleswig. The headquarters of the paper is in Flensburg and there are local editorial offices in the towns of

Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig (; ; ; ; ; ) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km (45 mi) south of the current border between Germany and Denmark. The territory has been di ...

(''Slesvig''),

Husum Husum (, ) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town was the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who coined the epithet "the grey town by the sea". It is also the home of the annual i ...

and

Niebüll Niebüll (; ; ) is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast and the border with Denmark, approx. 35 km northwest of Husum. Local districts and settlements include Deezb� ...

(''Nibøl''). The paper is published in

Berliner format Berliner is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about . The Berliner format, or "midi", is slightly taller and marginally wider than the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid/Compact (newspaper), compact format, and is both narrower ...

six times per week. During the Nazi rule in Germany the German supplement of ''Flensborg Avis'', ''Der Schleswiger'', was suspended several times. Since 1974 the paper has a German language section as well. In addition, ''Flensborg Avis'' is co-owner of ''Radio Schleswig-Holstein'', a private radio station in

Northern Germany Northern Germany (, ) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony and the two city-states Hambur ...

, which broadcasts daily news in Danish. In 2013 the past issues of the paper was digitalised. ''Flensborg Avis'' had a circulation of 6,000 copies in March 2008. The newspaper is a member of MIDAS (

European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages The European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages, also known as Minority Dailies Association (MIDAS), is a politically independent, non-profit association for ethnic minority, minority daily press with headquarters a ...

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