Tidens Tegn is a former Norwegian newspaper

Newspaper

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, issued in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 from 1910 to 1941.

Editors

The founder and first editor-in-chief of Tidens Tegn was Ola Thommessen

Ola Thommessen

Ola Thommessen was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was the long-time editor of Verdens Gang and Tidens Tegn.-Early and personal life:...

, who edited the newspaper until 1917. Thommessen had recently left the editor chair of Verdens Gang

Verdens Gang (1868-1923 newspaper)

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in protest, bringing much of Verdens Gang´s staff with him. From 1917 to 1938 the editor-in-chief was Rolf Thommessen

Rolf Thommessen

Rolf Thommessen was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician. He edited the newspaper Tidens Tegn from 1917 to 1938...

, son of the founder. Another son Bjørn Thommessen was central as well. Jonas Schanche Jonasen edited the newspaper from 1938 to 1940, when he fled from the country to Great Britain. Ranik Halle was editor from 1940 until the newspaper was discontinued in 1941.

1910s and 1920s

Politically the newspaper supported the Liberal Left Party . The newspaper became one of the most important and largest in Norway during the 1910s and 1920s. Among the contributors were Einar Skavlan

Einar Skavlan

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, Olaf Bull

Olaf Bull

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, Sven Elvestad

Sven Elvestad

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, Hans E. Kinck

Hans E. Kinck

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, Herman Wildenvey

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, Christian Krohg

Christian Krohg

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, Nils Collett Vogt

Nils Collett Vogt

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, Ronald Fangen

Ronald Fangen

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, Sigurd Bødtker

Sigurd Bødtker

-Personal life:He was born in Trondhjem as a son of physician Fredrik Waldemar Bødtker and Sophie Jenssen . He was the brother of chemist Eyvind Bødtker, a second cousin of military officer Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker, log driving manager Ragnvald Bødtker and County Governor Eivind Bødtker, and...

, Nils Kjær

Nils Kjær

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, Erling Winsnes, Carl Nærup and Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf

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. Tidens Tegn bought Verdens Gang in 1923, and then acquired Ørebladet in 1924. The newspaper issued an evening edition called Oslo Aftenavis from 1924 to 1932, and the Saturday supplement Film og radio ("Film and Radio"). Tidens Tegn and Oslo Aftenavis were the first Norwegian tabloid newspapers.

1930s

The newspaper achieved a bad reputation in the late 1920s and the 1930s. The paper published Vidkun Quisling

Vidkun Quisling

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's series of articles Russland og vi, and also early political documents from the Fascist

Fascism

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 party Nasjonal Samling. During the 1930s the number of subscribers decreased significantly, the newspaper had financial problems, and editor Rolf Thommessen was forced to resign. The new editors did not want to continue the publication during the German occupation of Norway, and Tidens Tegn was discontinued in 1941. In 1945 the new newspaper with an old name, Verdens Gang

Verdens Gang

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, took over Tidens Tegn´s properties.