''Sunnhordland'' is a local Norwegian newspaper published five times a weekMediebedriftene: ''Sunnhordland''.
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Stord Stord is a municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since i ...

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

.''Store norske leksikon'': ''Sunnhordland'' – avis.
/ref> The newspaper was first published on May 1, 1902. The newspaper was started by Jens Hystad and has been owned by his family for its entire duration. ''Sunnhordland'' launched its online version as the third most-recent daily newspaper in Norway to do so on April 20, 2006. The newspaper covers events in the municipalities of

Bømlo Bømlo () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre of the muni ...

Fitjar Fitjar () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Fitjar municipality includes the northern part of the island of Stord and the hundreds of surrounding islands, most ...

Kvinnherad Kvinnherad is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland, along the Hardangerfjorden. The municipality was the 5th in siz ...

, Stord, and

Tysnes Tysnes () is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Uggdal. Other popul ...

. The newspaper's office is located in

Leirvik Leirvik is a town and the administrative centre of Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town lies along the southern coast of the large island of Stord, along the Hardangerfjorden. The town gained "town status" in 1997. The town ...

in the municipality of Stord. The paper is edited by Magne Kydland.

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 ...

, ''Sunnhordland'' has had the following annual circulation: * 2006: 7,985 * 2007: 7,832 * 2008: 7,832 * 2009: 7,498 * 2010: 7,137 * 2011: 7,036 * 2012: 6,697 * 2013: 6,559 * 2014: 6,571 * 2015: 6,218 * 2016: 6,129''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''Sunnhordland'' homepage
{{italic title Daily newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Stord Mass media in Vestland Newspapers established in 1902 1902 establishments in Norway