Glommen (newspaper)

Glommen was a Norwegian newspaper published in Sarpsborg in Østfold county.

History and profile

Glommen was started on 19 September 1888. It was published by Tollef Ellefssøn, and edited anonymously by Oluf Falck-Ytter. The newspaper was started as a competitor to the city's dominant, conservative newspaper Sarpen, and became even more outspokenly liberal with time. It had a sound economy and circulation, and it even helped other liberal newspapers in the county,[1] such as Halden which it helped press from 1931.[2]

The German occupation of Norway changed the situation. The last edition of Glommen came on 1 October 1941, and then it was stopped as a part of the Germans' wanton press policies. It never returned.[1]

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References
  1. Øy, Nils (2010). "Glommen". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 141. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  2. Johanson, Arvid (2010). "Halden". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 153. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.


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