Bergens Tidende is 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...

's fourth largest newspaper and largest newspaper outside Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, with a circulation of about 87,000 copies (2007). Founded in 1868, it is a Norwegian

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...

-language newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 published daily in Bergen. It reaches approximately 260,000 readers every day (2005), mainly in the counties of Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

 and Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

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The newspaper is published in two sections. Section 1 contains op-eds, general news, sports and weather. Section 2 contains culture, views, local news and television listings. The feature magazine BTMagasinet is published on Saturdays.

Bergens Tidende is a fully owned subsidiary of Media Norge, which is the holding company of Aftenposten

Aftenposten

Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...

, Bergens Tidende, Stavanger Aftenblad

Stavanger Aftenblad

Stavanger Aftenblad or simply Aftenbladet is a daily newspaper in Stavanger, Norway. It was founded in 1893 by the priest Lars Oftedal, and was for a long period a publication for the Liberal Party. It had a circulation of 68,186 copies in 2005...

and Fædrelandsvennen

Fædrelandsvennen

Fædrelandsvennen is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway, covering the southernmost part of the country, , focusing especially on the area between Mandal and Lillesand .The newspaper has 235 employees and has 116 000 daily readers and a circulation of 37 934, making it Norway's...

. Media Norge is owned by Schibsted

Schibsted

Schibsted is a Norwegian media conglomerate with operations in 20 countries, the most important being Norway and Sweden. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange....

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bt.no

bt.no is the website of Bergens Tidende. Until 2009 the newspaper broadcast on BTV

Bergens Tidende TV

BTV was a local television station in Bergen, Norway. It was owned by the largest local newspaper in Norway, Bergens Tidende.-Programs:Apart from news, the station also shows popular programs like Bøljan and Valgbar....

 (formerly TV Hordaland), which service was taken off air and incorporated into bt.no.

List of Editors in chief

• Johan Hekleberg, 1868–1869
• David Chrystie Habe, 1869–1871
• Olav Lofthus, 1872–1894
• Finn Bøgh Henriksen, 1894–1902
• K. F. Dahl, 1902–1903
• Finn Bøgh Henriksen, 1903–1942
• Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner, 1942–1945
• Håkon Torsvik, 1945–1956
• Ingem. Fænn, 1956–1977
• Kjartan Rødland, 1977–1986
• Einar Eriksen
  Einar Eriksen
  Einar Eriksen is a Norwegian newspaper editor.He was born in Bergen. He worked in Os- og Fanaposten from 1952, and was hired in Bergens Tidende in 1955. He was awarded the Narvesen Prize in 1964. He advanced to subeditor in 1978 and news editor in 1981, and was editor-in-chief from 1986 to...
  
  , 1986–1991
• Magne Gaasemyr, 1991–1994
• Hans Erik Matre
  Hans Erik Matre
  Hans Erik Matre is a Norwegian newspaper editor.He was born in Ski. He was a subeditor in Vårt Land from 1980 to 1983, and chief editor from 1983 to 1989. He doubled as chief editor and chief executive of both the Norwegian News Agency from 1989 to 1994 and Bergens Tidende from 1994 to 1997,...
  
  , 1994–1997
• Einar Hålien
  Einar Hålien
  Einar Hålien is a Norwegian editor.He was born in Fagernes. He was hired as a journalist in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1989, and led the district offices of the Broadcasting Corporation in Nordland from 1993 to 1995 and Hordaland from 1995 to 1997...
  
  , 1997–2008
• Trine Eilertsen
  Trine Eilertsen
  Trine Eilertsen is a Norwegian newspaper editor.She was born in Bærum and grew up at Sotra. She graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1996 and from the University of Bergen in 1997. She worked in Statoil as a trainee from 1998 to 1999 before being hired in...
  
  , 2008-