''Troms Folkeblad'' is a

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

published in

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. Its main office is located in the town of

Finnsnes is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town that is the administrative centre of Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The town is located on the mainland part of Norway, just across the Gisundet strait from the Senja (island), island of ...

Senja Municipality Senja is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hålogaland. ...

History and profile

''Troms Folkeblad'' was first published on 15 November 1965. The paper is part of

Polaris Media Polaris Media ASA is a media group which owns thirty newspapers in Norway. Based in Trondheim, the group was established in 2008. Major newspapers owned by the group include , ''Harstad Tidende'', '' Troms Folkeblad'', ''Sunnmørsposten'' and '' ...

and is published by Harstad Tidende Gruppen AS, a subsidiary of Polaris Media. It covers stories in the neighboring municipalities of

Senja or is an island in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway in northern Europe. With an area of , it is the second largest island in Norway (outside of the Svalbard archipelago). It has a wild, mountainous outer (western) side facing the A ...

, Sørreisa, Dyrøy,

Salangen Salangen may refer to: Places *Salangen Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway *Salangen (fjord) or is a fjord in Salangen Municipality and Ibestad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The fjord flows to the northeast from the ...

Lavangen Lavangen may refer to: Places * Lavangen Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway * Lavangen (fjord), a fjord in Troms county, Norway * Lavangen Church, a church in Lavangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway * Lavangen, Tjeldsund, a ...

Bardu Bardu may refer to: People * Bardu Ali (1906–1981), an American jazz and R&B singer, guitarist, and promoter Places *Bardu Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway * Bardu Church, a church in Bardu Municipality in Troms county, Norw ...

, and Målselv. The chief editor and publisher is Steinulf Henriksen. The printed edition is published daily, except Sunday. The newspaper had 24,000 readers in 2007.

References

External links

www.folkebladet.no
1965 establishments in Norway Newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Polaris Media Newspapers established in 1965 Mass media in Troms {{norway-newspaper-stub