Øvre Smaalenene was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Askim

Askim

is a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Askim. Askim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....

 in Østfold

Østfold

is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

 county.

It was established as Askims Avis on 7 May 1902, but changed its name to Øvre Smaalenene (modern: "Upper Østfold") in 1903. The first year it was published by Ole Lingjærde and Fredrik Maseng with a Liberal Party affiliation. It was mainly politically independent after that. and in addition to Askim it also covered the municipalities of Spydeberg

Spydeberg

Spydeberg is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Spydeberg. It is divided into the parishes Spydeberg, Heli, and Hovin. Spydeberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 .The village of Spydeberg has approximately...

, Hobøl

Hobøl

Hobøl is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Elvestad. Hobøl is situated about southeast of Oslo. The parish of Haabøl was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 .The largest village in Hobøl is Tomter, whose train...

 and Enebakk

Enebakk

Enebakk is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkebygda....

.

Its circulation was about 3,000 in the interwar period, then 4,933 in 1950, 6,460 in 1970 and 7,061 in 1983. In 1990 it absorbed the somewhat smaller Østfold-Posten

Østfold-Posten

Østfold-Posten was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Askim in Østfold county.It was established in 1917 under the name Folkets Røst, and was the local organ of the Norwegian Labour Party. The name Østfold-Posten was taken in 1959. Its circulation was 4,303 in 1983, and it was more widespread in...

, because both newspapers were bought 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...

, and the circulation rose to 9,505. In 1997 it merged with the 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...

-based newspaper Indre Smaalenenes Avis, which continued, from 2003 under the name Smaalenenes Avis

Smaalenenes Avis

Smaalenenes Avis is a local newspaper published in Askim, Norway. It covers Indre Østfold.It was established in Mysen in 1899 under the name Indre Smaalenenes Avis, and covered the municipalities of Eidsberg, Trøgstad and Marker. A trial issue came on 22 December 1899, followed by the first...

. However, the newspaper was moved back to Askim.