''Telemarksavisa'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

county. ''Telemark Arbeiderblad'' was started on 1 October 1921 as a reaction to the perceived moderate stance of Skien's labour newspaper '' Bratsberg Demokraten''. However, ''Telemark Arbeiderblad'' was not published out of

, but out of

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. From 1 January 1922 it was published out of

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...

Buskerud Buskerud () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardanger ...

under the auspices of '' Fremtiden''. It changed its name to ''Telemark Social-Demokrat'' in August 1922, went defunct in March 1923 but was revived in November 1923—this time in

Notodden is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden. Other population centres include the villages of Bolkesjø, G ...

in Telemark. For a short time the Labour Party had no newspaper in Telemark, as ''Bratsberg Demokraten'' had been taken over by

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in 1923. The name ''Telemark Social-Demokrat'' was given up for ''Telemark Arbeiderblad'' in November 1926, when it merged with another newspaper also named ''Telemark Social-Demokrat'', owned by the Social Democratic Labour Party. It also moved from Notodden to Skien. Its editor from 1928 to 1940 was Olav Vegheim. In 1940, when the

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started, the newspaper was usurped by

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and from September to October 1940 published as ''Telemark Blad''. It was stopped on 30 November, and not revived until after the Second World War, on 11 May 1945. It had a circulation of about 3,000 in 1932, which rose gradually until its heyday came in 1983 with a circulation of 27,750. It then declined to 25,447 in 1990. It retained its Labour Party connection until 1994, when it became independent, but still owned by

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. It also changed its name to the less labour-inspired ''Telemarksavisa'' at the same time. Since 1996 it's had an online newspaper, and the paper edition is published from Monday to Saturday. In addition to Skien, it has offices in Notodden,

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Bø i Telemark Bø may refer to the following: Places Norway In Norway, Bø commonly refers to: *Bø Municipality (Nordland), a municipality in Nordland county *Bø i Vesterålen, a village within Bø Municipality in Nordland county *Bø Municipality (Telemark), ...

and

Kragerø Kragerø () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. Villages in Kragerø include H ...

. As of 2023, Telemarksavisa had a circulation of 22,858. Telemarksavisa - hovedkontor

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