Aftenposten
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The front page, 2 January 1879
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Compact |
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Schibsted (99.99%) Stiftelsen Tinius (0,01%) |
| Editor | Espen Egil Hansen |
| Founded | 14 May 1860 |
| Political alignment | Liberal conservative |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| ISSN | 0804-3116 |
| Website | www |
Aftenposten (Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It had a circulation of 211,769 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. Aftenposten's 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. At least 30% of Schibsted is owned by English and American investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Northern Trust. The paper has around 740 employees. Espen Egil Hansen is editor-in-chief and CEO as of 2016.
Aftenposten was founded by Christian Schibsted on 14 May 1860 under the name Christiania Adresseblad. The following year, it was renamed Aftenposten. Since 1885, the paper has printed two daily editions. A Sunday edition was published until 1919, and was reintroduced in 1990. The Friday-morning edition carries the A-magasinet supplement, featuring articles on science, politics, and the arts. In 1886, Aftenposten bought a rotary press, being the first Norwegian newspaper in this regard.
Historically, Aftenposten labelled itself as "independent, conservative", most closely aligning their editorial platform with the Norwegian Conservative Party. This manifested itself in blunt anticommunism during the interwar era. During World War II, Aftenposten, due to its large circulation, was put under the directives of the German occupational authorities, and a Nazi editorial management was imposed.
Aftenposten is based in Oslo. In the late 1980s, Egil Sundar served as the editor-in-chief and attempted to transform the paper into a nationally distributed newspaper. However, he was forced to resign from his post due to his attempt.
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