''Stavanger Avis'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in

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county. Its allegiance was Liberal. ''Stavanger Avis'' was started in 1888 as ''Rogalands Folkeblad'', its name changed in 1889.List of historical newspapers
/ref> The first editors were Oddmund VikOddmund Vik
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) and

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.Alexander Kielland biography
/ref> In 1899 the newspaper absorbed a competitor, '' Stavangeren''. Vik left the position as chief editor in 1908. The new editor, Lars Kleiveland took a stance against temperance and prohibition. The populace did not take kindly to this,Excerpt from the book Byen og menneskene, by Theodor Dahl (1947).
/ref> and ''Stavanger Avis'' went defunct in 1911, survived by a competing Liberal newspaper ''

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'' which still exists.

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