''Tvedestrandsposten'' is a

local 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

Tvedestrand is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center is the Tvedestrand (town), t ...

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 ...

. It was established in 1872 by

Arne Garborg Arne Garborg (born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg) (25 January 1851 – 14 January 1924) was a Norwegian writer. Garborg championed the use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk, or New Norwegian), as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into i ...

. It has a circulation of 3522, of whom 3383 are subscribers. ''Tvedestrandsposten'' is published by ''Tvedestrand & Risør Holding AS'', which is owned 75% by

Østlands-Posten ''Østlands-Posten'' is a local newspaper published in Larvik, Norway. It covers Larvik and Lardal. It was established in 1881. As of December 2022, the newspaper publishes a paperback newspaper on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. On Monday, Wednes ...

, which in turn is owned 100% by

A-pressen Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...

References

Norwegian Media Registry

External links

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