It had a predecessor of sorts in the newspaper Telefon, started in Porsgrunn on 22 May 1889.
[2] With his newly bought printing press, Georg Bye started Bratsberg Blad on 3 February 1891.
The name was changed to Breviks Dagblad on 1 July 1924.
From September 1931 it was synchronized with two other conservative newspapers in the district, Fylkesavisen (until then known as Fremskridt) from Skien and Grenmar from Porsgrunn.
Skien newspaper Varden bought the three in 1954,[2] and all in all lost most of its liberal colour, instead supporting the Conservatives.