''Lofotposten'' is a

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

Lofoten Lofoten ( , ; ; ) is an archipelago and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches, and untouched lands. T ...

, with its headquarters located in

Svolvær (Norwegian language, Norwegian, ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, alon ...

. It is the biggest publication in Northern Norway.

History and profile

The newspaper was established by Joh. E. Paulsen in 1896. Following the

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 ...

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

s the paper was taken by them in 1941. Since 1995 the newspaper is owned by

Amedia 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, an ...

. It mainly focuses on the Lofoten area. It had a circulation of 7,133 copies in 2008.Lofotposten
Store Norske Leksikon, Retrieved 21 March 2013 Jan Eivind Fredly is the editor.

References

External links

The internet version of the newspaper
1896 establishments in Norway Amedia Newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1896 {{Norway-newspaper-stub