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Firda

Firda
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Amedia (100%)[1]
Founder(s)Kristian Ulltang
Founded1917; 107 years ago (1917)
LanguageNorwegian
HeadquartersSunnfjord
Circulation11,972 (2013)
WebsiteFirda

Firda is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Sunnfjord, Norway.[2]

History and profile

Firda was founded in 1917 by Kristian Ulltang, who also was its first editor. The paper was published twice per week in the 1960s.[3] Its frequency was six times per week in the 1990s.[3] Its editor-in-chief is Jan Atle Stang.[4][5]

In 1999 Firda was the recipient of the European Newspaper Award in the category of local newspaper.[6]

At the beginning of the 1960s the circulation of Firda was about 6,000 copies.[3] In the 1990s it had a circulation of about 15,000 copies,[3][7] making it the major newspaper in Vestland.[3] In 2009 its circulation was 13,500 copies.[8] The 2013 circulation of the paper was 11,972 copies.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Firda Media AS - Førde - Roller".
  2. ^ Petra Broomans; Ester Jiresch (2011). The Invasion of Books in Peripheral Literary Fields: Transmitting Preferences and Images in Media, Networks and Translation. Barkhuis. p. 56. ISBN 978-94-91431-06-7.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sigurd Høst (1999). "Newspaper Growth in the Television Era. The Norwegian Experience" (PDF). Nordicom Review. 1 (1). Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Firda". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  5. ^ Terje Eggum (2010). "Firda". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 104. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  6. ^ "DIE WELT als Europas schönste Tageszeitung ausgezeichnet". Die Welt. 11 November 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. ^ The Nordic Languages. Walter de Gruyter. 1 January 2005. p. 2044. ISBN 978-3-11-019706-8.
  8. ^ Eli Skogerbø; Marte Winsvold (2011). "Audiences on the move? Use and assessment of local print and online newspapers" (PDF). European Journal of Communication. 26 (3): 218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Newspaper circulation 2013". Media Norway. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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