Bondebladet (newspaper)
Encyclopedia
Bondebladet was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Voss
and Bergen
in Hordaland
county.
Bondebladet was started on 4 March 1914 as an organ for farmers. It also supported Landsmål
. Already in June 1915 it absorbed Vestlandsbonden
. It was first published weekly, then from 1919 three days a week. It was a local newspaper with special care for farmers, but became a regional newspaper in 1921 and a newspaper for whole Western Norway in 1922. At the same time it was moved to Bergen
, became a daily newspaper, and became affiliated with the newly founded Agrarian Party
. It did not cope with its own ambitious goals, and went defunct after its last issue on 6 December 1935.
Voss
is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Voss. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen....
and 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 , ....
in 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...
county.
Bondebladet was started on 4 March 1914 as an organ for farmers. It also supported Landsmål
Landsmål
Landsmål, meaning "language of the land/country", was the name Ivar Aasen gave the Norwegian orthography he created in the 19th century. In 1885 it was adopted as an official language in Norway alongside Danish. In 1929, Landsmål was renamed Nynorsk...
. Already in June 1915 it absorbed Vestlandsbonden
Vestlandsbonden
Vestlandsbonden was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Bergen in Hordaland county.De Yngre Norske Landmænds Blad was started on 14 October 1904 as an organ for farmers. It changed its name to Vestlandsbonden from 5 January 1911, but after its last issue on 26 June 1915 it was incorporated into...
. It was first published weekly, then from 1919 three days a week. It was a local newspaper with special care for farmers, but became a regional newspaper in 1921 and a newspaper for whole Western Norway in 1922. At the same time it was moved to 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 , ....
, became a daily newspaper, and became affiliated with the newly founded Agrarian Party
Centre Party (Norway)
The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...
. It did not cope with its own ambitious goals, and went defunct after its last issue on 6 December 1935.