Romsdalsposten was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Kristiansund

Kristiansund

Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund...

 in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

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Romsdalsposten was started on 5 January 1876, and issued by printer John Johnsen the first fifty years. The first editor was N. T. Holme. Among its later editors were Toralv Øksnevad

Toralv Øksnevad

Toralv Øksnevad was a Norwegian politician, journalist, newspaper editor and radio personality. He was known as the "voice from London" during World War II, when listening to foreign radio in Norway was illegal, and from October 1942 implied risk of death penalty...

 from 1927 to 1933. In the inter-war period it had a circulation of around 8,000. From 1936 to the 1960s Aksel Hoel was the editor, except for some years 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...

 when John Johnsen, Jr. was a Nazi-installed editor.

From 31 May 1986 the newspaper changed its name to Nordmørsposten, and was owned by Dagbladet

Dagbladet

Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....

. It ceased to appear after its last issue on 27 October 1990, after Dagbladet had reached a mutual understanding with 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...

. A-pressen owned the competing newspaper Tidens Krav

Tidens Krav

Tidens Krav ' is a local newspaper published in Kristiansund, Norway. It was founded in 1906, is published Monday through Saturday, and reports news from Nordmøre.-Circulation:...

, which had prevailed in Kristiansund's newspaper market.