Skotfos Avis was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skotfoss

Skotfoss

Skotfoss is a village in Skien municipality, Norway. It is located near the outlet of the lake Norsjø.From 1837 Skotfoss was administratively a part of Solum municipality. Solum became a part of Skien municipality on 1 January 1964. The village have a population of 1,800 people. The sports team...

 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.

Skotfos Avis was started on 1 October 1901, and was somewhat special in its time in that it was an apolitical newspaper, designed to be the local newspaper of entire Skotfoss. It cooperated with the local company Skotfoss Bruk

Skotfoss Bruk

Skotfoss Bruk was a paper mill located in Skotfoss, Skien, Norway. The mill was part of the Union Co., founded in 1890 and closed production on 31 December 1986.The first electric industrial railway in Norway opened in 1892 at Skotfoss Bruk....

, which demanded this apolitical attitude. The company owned the newspaper from 1921. The most marked editor-in-chief was Emanuel Sørensen, who sat from 1901 to 1919. The newspaper went defunct on 8 March 1930, mainly because Skotfoss became more connected to the city 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....

, and Skien's larger newspapers became more widely read.