Aftenposten
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' (; ; stylized as ' in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. Aftenpostens online edition is at Aftenposten.no.
Key facts
- Newspaper.logo
- Aftenposten logo.svg
- Newspaper.image
- Aftenpostens forside 6. februar 2023.png
- Newspaper.caption
- The front page, 6 February 2023
- Newspaper.type
- Daily newspaper
- Newspaper.format
- Compact
- Newspaper.owners
- Schibsted (99.99%)Stiftelsen Tinius (0.01%)
- Newspaper.editor
- Trine Eilertsen
- Newspaper.language
- Norwegian
- Newspaper.headquarters
- Oslo, Norway
- Newspaper.ISSN
- 0804-3116
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1860
- Location
- Oslo, Norway
- Also known as
- The Evening Post
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.457552.4 · ISNI 0000 0004 0610 2622
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- online newspaper
- Country
- Norway
- Headquarters
- Oslo
- Owned by
- Vend Marketplaces
- Country of origin
- Norway
- Official website
- aftenposten.no
- Image
- Aftenpostens forside 6. februar 2023.png
- Political ideology
- liberal conservatism
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- Commons category
- Aftenposten
- title
- Aftenposten
- inception
- 1860-05-14
- newspaper format
- tabloid
- language of work or name
- Norwegian
- Alexa rank
- 5764
- social media followers
- 175269
- publication interval
- 1
- periodical archive URL
- nb.no/search?mediatype=aviser&counties=Oslo%3A%5BAftenposten%5D
- described by source
- Pax Leksikon
- script style
- Fraktur
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History and profile
- Editions
- Controversies
- Editorial line
- Language
- Circulation
- ''Aftenposten'' (morning paper)
- ''Aften'' (evening paper) - now defunct
- ''Aftenposten.no'', online newspaper
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
' (; ; stylized as ' in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. Aftenpostens online edition is at Aftenposten.no.
Aftenposten is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norway's second largest newspaper, VG, is also owned by Schibsted. Norwegian owners held a 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015.
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