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Also known as The Evening Post, aftenposten.no, Aftenpoſten

' (; ; 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

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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

Official website
aftenposten.no
Image
Aftenpostens forside 6. februar 2023.png
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Commons category
Aftenposten
title
Aftenposten
inception
1860-05-14
Alexa rank
5764
social media followers
175269
publication interval
1
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13 sections
Contents
  • 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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