Hamar Arbeiderblad is a local 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 in Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

, Norway

Norway

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. It is part of the media company Hamar Media. The newspaper was first published on 30 March 1925, in 1,200 copies. It was the local branches of the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

 that took the initiative to start up the publication. It is no longer a political organ today. In 1943, during World War II

World War II

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, Hamar Arbeiderblad was renamed Hedmark. Later the same year it was merged with the newspaper Hamar Stiftstidende

Hamar Stiftstidende

Hamar Stiftstidende is a former Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Hamar, Norway from 1847 to 1971. Its original name was Hamar Budstikke, later Hamar Budstikke og Stiftstidende, then Hamar Stiftstidende. In 1872 editor Olaus Arvesen was forced to leave after disagreements with the owners, and...

, and for the duration of the war published under the name of Hedmarkingen.

As of 2007 it was the largest newspaper in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

, with a circulation of 27,363 and a readership of 71,600. The newspaper employs 180 people full-time, and the editor in chief is Rolv Amdal.

Circulation

This table shows Hamar Arbeiderblad's circulation in the period 2005–2007, according to the newspaper's own web page:

2005	2006	2007
28,118	27,632	27,363