Oplændingen

Not to be confused with Oplendingen.

Oplændingen was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Gjøvik in Oppland county.

It started on 1 July 1893 as the second Conservative Party newspaper in Gjøvik, also covering all of Vest-Oppland. The first, Kristian Amts Blad, had existed for half a year in 1890. However, Oplændingen was sold in 1899, and again in 1900.^[1]

The new owner was Karl Kløvstad, who from his first issue on 4 January 1901 severed the ties to the Conservative Party. It pretended to be independent, but from October 1901 Kløvstad involved politicians from De forenede norske Arbeidersamfund (from 1911: Labour Democrats) as owners. It was published daily from 1903, but did not survive the competition with Gjøviks Blad and Samhold. It went defunct after its last issue on 23 February 1904. A month later Karl Kløvstad started Oplandet.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Jenssen, Jens Olai (2010). "Oplandet". In Flo, Idar (in Norwegian). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 262. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.