Firda

Firda is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Sunnfjord, Norway.[1]

For the activity in the brain named "Frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity" (FIRDA), see Intermittent rhythmic delta activity.

Firda
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)Kristian Ulltang
Founded1917 (1917)
LanguageNorwegian
HeadquartersSunnfjord
Circulation11,972 (2013)
WebsiteFirda

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.[2] Its frequency was six times per week in the 1990s.[2] Its editor-in-chief is Jan Atle Stang.[3][4]

In 1999 Firda was the recipient of the European Newspaper Award in the category of local newspaper.[5]

At the beginning of the 1960s the circulation of Firda was about 6,000 copies.[2] In the 1990s it had a circulation of about 15,000 copies,[2][6] making it the major newspaper in Vestland.[2] In 2009 its circulation was 13,500 copies.[7] The 2013 circulation of the paper was 11,972 copies.[8]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Sigurd Høst (1999). "Newspaper Growth in the Television Era. The Norwegian Experience" (PDF). Nordicom Review. 1 (1). Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. "Firda". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  4. 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.
  5. "DIE WELT als Europas schönste Tageszeitung ausgezeichnet". Die Welt. 11 November 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  6. The Nordic Languages. Walter de Gruyter. 1 January 2005. p. 2044. ISBN 978-3-11-019706-8.
  7. 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.
  8. "Newspaper circulation 2013". Media Norway. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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