''Haugaland Arbeiderblad'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipalities of Norway, municipality and List of towns and cities in Norway, town on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. As of December 2023, the municipality of Haugesund has a population of 37,855. The vast majority of ...

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...

county. It was affiliated with the

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. ''Haugaland Arbeiderblad'' was started in 1907 under the name ''Arbeiderbladet''. It stopped in 1908, but returned in 1910. The same year its name was changed to ''Haugesunds Folkeblad''. In 1915 it absorbed the newspaper '' Karmsundsposten'', and in 1926 it absorbed the newspaper '' Haugesunds Social-Demokrat'' and changed its name to ''Haugesunds Arbeiderblad''. In 1931 its name was changed to ''Haugarland Arbeiderblad'', and finally in 1939 to ''Haugaland Arbeiderblad''. It was stopped between 1941 and 1945, during the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

. After the occupation, it resumed production, but struggled in competition with other local newspapers and went defunct in 1955. It was merged with

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

-based ''1ste Mai'' to form '' Rogalands Avis''.List of historical newspapers
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