''SortlandsAvisa'' (The Sortland Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in

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.''Store norske leksikon'': ''SortlandsAvisa''.
/ref> ''SortlandsAvisa'' is a politically independent newspaper. It is published every Thursday,Mediebedriftene: ''SortlandsAvisa''.
/ref> and is edited by Geir Bjørn Nilsen. The newspaper was launched on January 10, 2008. The founder of ''SortlandsAvisa'' and its first editor was Gard Lehne Borch Michalsen, who now heads the media site Medier24. The newspaper is printed by HTG Trykk AS in Harstad.

Editors

* January 2008 – September 2013: Gard Borch Michalsen * September 2013 – December 2013: Erik Jenssen (acting editor) * January 2013 – July 2016: Thor Anders Angelsen * July 2016 – December 2016: Sanna Drogset Børstad (acting editor) * January 2017 – : Geir Bjørn Nilsen

Circulation

According to the

Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations The Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations () is a company that monitors the print runs of Norwegian newspapers, magazines, and weekly publications, and offers advice on calculating circulation numbers. It was established in 2001National Association of Local Newspapers The National Association of Local Newspapers (, LLA) is a Norwegian association for local newspapers. The organization was established in Voss in 1976, and it works for its member companies' general conditions and interests. Among the first issu ...

, ''SortlandsAvisa'' has had the following annual circulation: *2008: 1,189 *2009: 1,569 *2010: 1,598 *2011: 1,581 *2012: 1,555 *2013: 1,534 *2014: 1,436 *2015: 1,275 *2016: 1,178''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''SortlandsAvisa'' homepage
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