Bergens Aftenblad
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Bergens Aftenblad was a Norwegian
daily newspaper, published in Bergen
, Norway
from 1880 to 1942. It supported the Conservative Party
.
The paper was started in 1880, and absorbed the long-running Bergens Adressecontoirs Efterretninger
in 1889.List of historical newspapers
The Nazis took over the paper in January 1942 and closed it April 21, 1942. It did not return when the German occupation of Norway ended in 1945. Instead, the publishing rights were bought by Morgenavisen
, another Conservative Party paper. The long-time editor of the paper, Erling Lauhn, took over as editor of Morgenavisen.
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
daily newspaper, published in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
from 1880 to 1942. It supported the Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Norway
The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...
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The paper was started in 1880, and absorbed the long-running Bergens Adressecontoirs Efterretninger
Bergens Adressecontoirs Efterretninger
Bergens Adressecontoirs Efterretninger was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Bergen county.Bergens Adressecontoirs Efterretninger was started in 1765. It went defunct in 1889, when it was incorporated into Bergens Aftenblad....
in 1889.List of historical newspapers
The Nazis took over the paper in January 1942 and closed it April 21, 1942. It did not return when the German occupation of Norway ended in 1945. Instead, the publishing rights were bought by Morgenavisen
Morgenavisen
Morgenavisen is a former Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Bergen, Norway from 1902 to 1984. Its first editor was Anders Stilloff, who edited the newspaper from 1902 to 1915....
, another Conservative Party paper. The long-time editor of the paper, Erling Lauhn, took over as editor of Morgenavisen.