''Trangviksposten'' is a satirical newspaper parody created by
Jacob Hilditch
Jacob Hilditch (20 January 1864 – 1 June 1930) was a Norwegian writer. His literary debut was the short story collection ''Under norsk Flag'' from 1889. He is particularly known for the three volumes of ''Trangvikposten'', 1900 to 1907. He ...
. It first appeared as a
feuilleton
A ''feuilleton'' (; a diminutive of , the leaf of a book) was originally a kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers, consisting chiefly of non-political news and gossip, literature and art criticism, a chronicle ...
in the newspaper ''
Aftenposten
(; ; stylized as in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen ...
'', a parody of a fictional local newspaper in a small town. ''Trangviksposten'' is a satire on Norwegian local newspapers and the social conditions in Norwegian small towns as they must have faded in the last decades of the 19th century. The fictitious "Trangvik" is apparently located, as you can read between the lines in ''Trangviksposten'', somewhere on the coast between Horten and Kristiansand. Trangviksposten's editor "Syvertsen" leads a daily battle against his fiercest competitor, Trangvik Tidende. Among illustrators were
Olaf Gulbransson,
Theodor Kittelsen
Theodor Severin Kittelsen (27 April 1857 – 21 January 1914) was a Norwegian artist. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustrations of fairy tales and legend ...
and
Øyvind Sørensen. ''Trangviksposten'' was published in three book volumes between 1900 and 1907.
A selection was published by Den norske Bokklubben in 1980, edited by Mentz Schulerud.
The 1927 film ''
Den glade enke i Trangvik
''Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (English language, English: ''The Merry Widow of Trangvik'') is a 1927 Norway, Norwegian silent film, silent drama film directed by Harry Ivarson. The movie is based on the content of Jacob Hilditch's satirical news ...
'' was based upon Hilditsch's stories and characters.
References
Norwegian books
1900 books
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