''Rana Blad'' is a daily, regional

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

Mo i Rana (Norwegian language, Norwegian; ) or (and unofficially , ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city, and the administrative centre of Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Helgeland region of Nordland, just sou ...

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and covering Northern

Helgeland Helgeland is the most southerly Districts of Norway, district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet moun ...

. It was started as ''Dunderlandsdølen'' in 1902 and edited by Redvald Knudtson continuously from 1947, with its name being ''Helgelands Fremtid'' from 1918 to 1920. The newspaper was also defunct from the summer of 1920 to January 1921, as well as 1941 to 1945 when the Nazi authorities shut it down 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 ...

. When the newspaper took the name ''Rana Blad'' in 1947, it was published three times a week, but became daily in 1956, three years after it surpassed its competitor ''

'' in circulation size. ''Dunderlandsdølen'' and ''Rana Blad'' were officially aligned with the Labour Party. The newspaper was owned by

A-Pressen 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, and ...

from 1990.

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Daily newspapers published in Norway Companies based in Rana, Norway Amedia Mass media in Nordland Labour Party (Norway) newspapers {{norway-newspaper-stub