Rakkestad Avis is a local newspaper published in Rakkestad

Rakkestad

Rakkestad is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rakkestad. It is divided into the parishes of Rakkestad, Degernes, and Os. The municipality is the county's second largest by area and one of Norway's largest agricultural...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It was published as Østfold Bygdeblad in Mysen

Mysen

Mysen is the administrative center of the municipality of Eidsberg in the county of Østfold in Norway.Between 1920 and 1961, it was a separate municipality. Mysen became an independent municipality on 1 July 1920 when it was spun off from Eidsberg. On 1 January 1961 Mysen was merged again with...

 from 1941 to 1986.

Rakkestad Avis was started on 16 September 1912. It was affiliated with the Liberal Party, then the Norwegian Agrarian Association

Norwegian Agrarian Association

The Norwegian Agrarian Association is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers.It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union and the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion about agricultural...

/Agrarian Party

Centre Party (Norway)

The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...

 after 1920. Officially it was apolitical until 1936.

In 1941, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

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...

, the Germans amalgamated it with the newspaper Lokalposten

Lokalposten

Lokalposten was a local newspaper published in Rakkestad, Norway.It was established on 4 January 1930, and had no formal political affiliation. In 1941, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the Germans amalgamated it with the newspaper Rakkestad Avis, which was then published under the...

, and gave it the name Østfold Bygdeblad from 2 April 1941. The newspaper was eventually moved to Mysen

Mysen

Mysen is the administrative center of the municipality of Eidsberg in the county of Østfold in Norway.Between 1920 and 1961, it was a separate municipality. Mysen became an independent municipality on 1 July 1920 when it was spun off from Eidsberg. On 1 January 1961 Mysen was merged again with...

, but it was moved back as the name reverted to Rakkestad Avis from 2 January 1987.

Rakkestad Avis is now published by the company Rakkestad Avis AS, which is owned 100% by A-pressen

A-pressen

A-pressen is one of the three largest media companies in Norway and was established on May 27, 1948 with the name Norsk Arbeiderpresse . It got its present name in 1994...

. It has a circulation of 2,664, of whom 2,559 are subscribers. This is a steady improvement from about 1,842 in 1963. It is published three days a week. A competitor from 2002 to 2008 Rakkestad Bygdeblad

Rakkestad Bygdeblad

Rakkestad Bygdeblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Rakkestad in Østfold county.Rakkestad Bygdeblad was started on 4 September 2002 as a competitor to Rakkestad Avis, which until then had a monopoly as a local newspaper. Journalist Carsten Lier was hired as editor, and two years after...

tried to publish on three other days of the week, but succumbed.