Haugaland Arbeiderblad
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Haugaland Arbeiderblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Haugesund
in Rogaland
county. It was affiliated with the Norwegian Labour Party
.
Haugaland Arbeiderblad was started in 1907 under the name Arbeiderbladet. It stopped in 1908, but returned in 1910. The same year its name was changed to Haugesunds Folkeblad. In 1915 it absorbed the newspaper Karmsundsposten
, and in 1926 it absorbed the newspaper Haugesunds Social-Demokrat
and changed its name to Haugesunds Arbeiderblad. In 1931 its name was changed to Haugarland Arbeiderblad, and finally in 1939 to Haugaland Arbeiderblad. It was stopped between 1941 and 1945, during the German occupation of Norway. After the occupation, it resumed production, but struggled in competition with other local newspapers and went defunct in 1955. It was merged with Stavanger
-based 1ste Mai to form Rogalands Avis
.List of historical newspapers
Haugesund
is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...
in Rogaland
Rogaland
is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...
county. It was affiliated with the Norwegian 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....
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Haugaland Arbeiderblad was started in 1907 under the name Arbeiderbladet. It stopped in 1908, but returned in 1910. The same year its name was changed to Haugesunds Folkeblad. In 1915 it absorbed the newspaper Karmsundsposten
Karmsundsposten
Karmsundsposten was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Haugesund in Rogaland county.Karmsundsposten was started in 1861, as the first newspaper in the middle-sized city. It took its name from the Karmsundet strait between Haugesund and Karmøy. In 1915 it was absorbed by the Labour Party newspaper...
, and in 1926 it absorbed the newspaper Haugesunds Social-Demokrat
Haugesunds Social-Demokrat
Haugesunds Social-Demokrat was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Haugesund in Rogaland county. It was affiliated with the Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway....
and changed its name to Haugesunds Arbeiderblad. In 1931 its name was changed to Haugarland Arbeiderblad, and finally in 1939 to Haugaland Arbeiderblad. It was stopped between 1941 and 1945, during the German occupation of Norway. After the occupation, it resumed production, but struggled in competition with other local newspapers and went defunct in 1955. It was merged with Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
-based 1ste Mai to form Rogalands Avis
Rogalands Avis
Rogalands Avis is a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway. It covers Stavanger and the rest of southern Rogaland. It was established in 1899....
.List of historical newspapers