Fedraheimen is a former Norwegian

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...

 weekly magazine, issued from 1877 to 1891.

The founder and first editor of Fedraheimen was 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...

, who edited the magazine until 1882. Ivar Mortensson-Egnund

Ivar Mortensson-Egnund

Ivar Mortensson-Egnund was a Norwegian author, journalist, theologian, researcher, translator, writer, philosopher and advocate of nynorsk . He was born in Alvdal North Østerdal...

 was editor until 1889, and 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...

 until it ceased publication in 1891. The newspaper was a proponent 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. Among the contributors to the magazine were Ivar Aasen

Ivar Aasen

Ivar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet.-Background:...

, Anders Hovden

Anders Hovden

Anders Hovden was a Norwegian hymnwriter, priest, author and popular speaker.-Education and career:...

, Kristofer Janson

Kristofer Janson

Kristofer Nagel Janson was a Norwegian poet, author and Unitarian clergyman. Kristofer Janson is commonly recognized as the historical founder of the Norwegian Unitarian Church.-Background:...

, Nils Kjær

Nils Kjær

Nils Kjær was a Norwegian playwright, short story writer, essayist, literary critic and theatre critic.-Personal life:Kjær was born in Holmestrand as the son of Nils Henrik Kjær and Christine Smestad...

, Hans Seland

Hans Seland

-Background:Hans Andreas Johanneson Seland grew up on the farm Seland near Nes in Flekkefjord in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. Seland attended Stend Agricultural School . He was editor in Nordmands in Christiania and before 1896 went back to Nes to take over father's farm...

 and Vetle Vislie

Vetle Vislie

Vetle Vislie was a Norwegian educationalist and writer.He was born in Skafså as a son of farmer Gjermund Vetleson Vislie and Anne Larsdotter Mandt . He made his debut as a playwright in 1899, with Utan hovding, and wrote Fru Gerda in 1890...

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Parts of the magazine have been made available on-line.