It regularly cooperates with Flensburger Tageblatt, a German majority newspaper in the city, and Der Nordschleswiger, a German minority newspaper published in Denmark.

Flensborg Avis was first published on 1 October 1869 in Flensburg by members of the Danish minority in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein.

[1][2] The headquarters of the paper is in Flensburg[3] and there are local editorial offices in the towns of Schleswig (Slesvig), Husum and Niebüll (Nibøl).

[1] During the Nazi rule in Germany the German supplement of Flensborg Avis, Der Schleswiger, was suspended several times.

In addition, Flensborg Avis is co-owner of Radio Schleswig-Holstein, a private radio station in Northern Germany, which broadcasts daily news in Danish.