Den 17de Mai is a former Norwegian 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...

, issued in 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...

 from 1894 to 1935.

The founder and first editor-in-chief of Den 17de Mai was Rasmus Steinsvik

Rasmus Steinsvik

Rasmus Steinsvik was a Norwegian writer, magazine editor and newspaper editor. He was born in Volda, and was married to Marta Steinsvik. He edited the magazine Fedraheimen from 1889 to 1891, and started the newspaper Den 17de Mai in 1894, which he edited until his death...

, who edited the newspaper until his death in 1913. Arne Garborg

Arne Garborg

Arne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg was a Norwegian writer.Garborg championed the use of Landsmål , as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it...

 was co-editor the first four years. Later editors were Anders Hamre and Einar Breidsvoll. The newspaper was the main periodical for the Nynorsk

Nynorsk

Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...

 "language struggle". In 1935 Den 17de Mai and Fedraheimen

Fedraheimen

Fedraheimen is a former Norwegian weekly magazine, issued from 1877 to 1891.The founder and first editor of Fedraheimen was Arne Garborg, who edited the magazine until 1882. Ivar Mortensson-Egnund was editor until 1889, and Rasmus Steinsvik until it ceased publication in 1891. The newspaper was a...

were assimilated into the new newspaper Norsk Tidend.