Fremskridt was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien

Skien

' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....

 in Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 county. It was founded in 1885, but from 1931 to 1954 it was named Fylkesavisen.

Fremskridt was started on 1 December 1885, in a situation where Skien had two major newspapers: the outspokenly liberal Varden and the more conservative Bratsberg Amtstidende

Bratsberg Amtstidende

Bratsberg Amtstidende was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county. It also held the names Ugeblad for Skien og Omegn , Bratsberg Amtstidende og Correspondent and Skiensposten ....

. Fremskridt, which tried to occupy a middle ground, was innovative in that it became Skien's first daily newspaper in 1889; Varden followed suit in 1895. It also had a weekly edition with more in-depth coverage between 1896 to 1911, which has become popular in the 21st century. The first editor, from 1885 to 1913, was Mons Klingenberg Gjerløw

Mons Klingenberg Gjerløw

Mons Klingenberg Gjerløw was a Norwegian editor.He was born in Aurland as a son of Jens Larsen Gjerløw and Anne Marie Nitter Ohnstad. He was a brother of Ragnvald Gjerløw. He took secondary education as well as the entrance exam at the university, but then followed a career in the press. His first...

, who came straight from the editor chair in Bratsberg Amtstidende.

Fremskridt absorbed Bratsberg Amtstidende in 1901. It soon shifted to become more conservative, especially after Telemark Arbeiderblad was founded in 1921. In 1931 Fremskridt changed its name to Fylkesavisen, and was synchronized with two other conservative newspapers in the district, Grenmar

Grenmar (newspaper)

Grenmar was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Porsgrunn in Telemark county.Grenmar was started on 3 January 1878, after two trial issues in December 1877. It absorbed the much older newspaper Porsgrunds Blad in 1886 , and then Telefon which existed only from 1889 to 1890...

and Breviks Dagblad

Breviks Dagblad

Breviks Dagblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Brevik in Telemark county. It was named Bratsberg Blad from 1891 to 1924....

. The newspapers had the same editor, and during parts of the Second World War a Nazi editor

Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...

. Varden bought the three in 1954, and all in all lost most of its liberal colour, instead supporting the Conservatives. Fylkesavisen's last edition was on 30 June 1954.

Marked editors include the first editor-in-chief, Mons Gjerløw from 1885 to 1913, and Herman Smitt Ingebretsen

Herman Smitt Ingebretsen

Herman Smitt Ingebretsen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was the Secretary-General of the Conservative Party 1936–1940.He was born in Kristiansand....

from 1919 to 1920.