''Romsdalsposten'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

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. ''Romsdalsposten'' was started on 5 January 1876, and issued by printer John Johnsen the first fifty years. The first editor was N. T. Holme. Among its later editors were Jonas Hestnes from 1891 to 1896 and

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from 1927 to 1933. In the inter-war period it had a circulation of around 8,000. From 1936 to the 1960s Aksel Hoel was the editor, except for some years during the

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when John Johnsen Jr. was a Nazi-installed editor. From 31 May 1986 the newspaper changed its name to ''Nordmørsposten'', and was owned by ''

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''. It ceased to appear after its last issue on 27 October 1990, after ''Dagbladet'' had reached a mutual understanding with

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. A-pressen owned the competing newspaper ''

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'', which had prevailed in Kristiansund's newspaper market.

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