''Ny Tid'' was a Norwegian newspaper established in 1899 by the typographers Joh. Halseth and Alf Scheflo at the same time as they established their own printing office in

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. The publishers meant to create a worker's newspaper, not a socialist paper. When the first issue came out on 20 September, the newspaper was an organ of the

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, but the paper quickly became socialist and thus an organ of the

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and later the

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in Trondheim when the labour movement took over the paper in July 1900. The paper was first released weekly, but from 1902 on it was released daily. The purpose for publishing was to propagandize the publishers' political view.

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was a member of the first editing committee as a 20-year-old, and in 1906 became the editor of the paper. He held the position of editor until 1918, when he became party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party. It was under Tranmæl that the newspaper expanded. After Tranmæl left as editor, ''Ny Tid'' became a radical opposition newspaper. In 1921, the Norwegian Labour Party split, creating a

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. The social democrats established their own newspaper, '' Trøndelag Social-Demokrat'', but this had little effect on the circulation of ''Ny Tid''. The second party split, which came in 1923, ended with the

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s becoming a large percentage of the party in Trondheim; they thereby retained the party's property, including ''Ny Tid'' which became an organ for the

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. The Labour Party in

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established the year after '' Arbeider-Avisen''. ''Ny Tid'' marketed themselves in the 1930s as an opponent of the

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s and

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. After the

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broke out, Ny Tid wrote on their front page "''Lys fascismen og krigen i bann. Fram til antikrigs og antifascistmøte i morgen på Reina''". The circulation of ''Ny Tid'' fell along with the communist's lowering support, especially after

Johan Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold (; 6 September 1879 – 13 March 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945. From June 1940 until May 1945, he oversaw the Norwegian Government-in-exile f ...

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came to power in 1935. The Nygaardsvold government created increased support for the Norwegian Labour Party in Nygaardsvold's part of the country; the Arbeider-Avisen profited from this. In March 1939, ''Ny Tid'' was shut down while having competition from ''Arbeider-Avisen''. NKP's increased popularity after the

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, gave a resurrected circulation to ''Ny Tid''. The newspaper continued circulating until July 1945, but shut down for the second time in eight years in May 1947.

Editors

* 1899–1903: Ivar Angell-Olsen * 1903–1908:

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* 1908–1911:

* 1911–1912:

* 1913–1918:

* 1918–1919: Christian Hilt * 1919: Knut Olai Thornæs * 1920:

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* 1920–1934: Knut Olai Thornæs * 1934–1939:

Jørgen Vogt Jørgen Herman Vogt (23 September 1900 – 3 August 1972) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician representing the Communist Party. He edited the newspapers ''Ny Tid'' and '' Friheten'', served four terms in Trondheim city council and on ...

* 1939–1945: ''defunct'' * 1945–1947:

References

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