Aktietrykkeriet was founded in 1884[1] by Christian Holtermann Knudsen[2] under the name Arbeidernes Aktietrykkeri and eventually became part of the newspaper Social Demokraten—later known as Arbeiderbladet, and today called Dagsavisen.
Knudsen was a fervent social democrat and together with Carl Jeppesen, among others, established one of Norway's first printers' unions in 1872.
Despite major financial problems, he released the first issue of the newspaper Vort Arbeide in March 1885, an event that led to the formation of the Social Democratic Association in Kristiania.
[4] In 1983, Terje André Hildeng purchased the company from the labor movement, with the requirement that the employees own ten percent.
[2] The printing company was located in the municipality of Fet and had a turnover of NOK 154 million in 2012.