SortlandsAvisa (The Sortland Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Sortland Municipality in Nordland county.[1]
SortlandsAvisa is a politically independent newspaper. It is published every Thursday,[2] and is edited by Geir Bjørn Nilsen.[1][3] The newspaper was launched on January 10, 2008.[2] The founder of SortlandsAvisa and its first editor was Gard Lehne Borch Michalsen, who now heads the media site Medier24. The newspaper is printed by HTG Trykk AS in Harstad.[2]
Editors
edit- January 2008 – September 2013: Gard Borch Michalsen
- September 2013 – December 2013: Erik Jenssen (acting editor)
- January 2013 – July 2016: Thor Anders Angelsen
- July 2016 – December 2016: Sanna Drogset Børstad (acting editor)
- January 2017 – : Geir Bjørn Nilsen
Circulation
editAccording to the Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations and National Association of Local Newspapers, SortlandsAvisa has had the following annual circulation: