Stavanger Avis was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Stavanger in Rogaland county. Its allegiance was Liberal.
Stavanger Avis was started in 1888 as Rogalands Folkeblad, its name changed in 1889. [1] The first editors were Oddmund Vik [2] and Alexander Kielland. [3] In 1899 the newspaper absorbed a competitor, Stavangeren. [1]
Vik left the position as chief editor in 1908. [2] The new editor, Lars Kleiveland took a stance against temperance and prohibition. The populace did not take kindly to this, [4] and Stavanger Avis went defunct in 1911, [1] survived by a competing Liberal newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad [4] which still exists.
References
- ^ a b c List of historical newspapers
- ^ a b Oddmund Vik — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- ^ Alexander Kielland biography
- ^ a b Excerpt from the book Byen og menneskene, by Theodor Dahl (1947).
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Stavanger Avis was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Stavanger in Rogaland county. Its allegiance was Liberal.
Stavanger Avis was started in 1888 as Rogalands Folkeblad, its name changed in 1889. [1] The first editors were Oddmund Vik [2] and Alexander Kielland. [3] In 1899 the newspaper absorbed a competitor, Stavangeren. [1]
Vik left the position as chief editor in 1908. [2] The new editor, Lars Kleiveland took a stance against temperance and prohibition. The populace did not take kindly to this, [4] and Stavanger Avis went defunct in 1911, [1] survived by a competing Liberal newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad [4] which still exists.
References
- ^ a b c List of historical newspapers
- ^ a b Oddmund Vik — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- ^ Alexander Kielland biography
- ^ a b Excerpt from the book Byen og menneskene, by Theodor Dahl (1947).
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