Halden was started in 1882 as a liberal competitor to the city's dominant, conservative newspaper Smaalenenes Amtstidende.
Sigurd Østensen Sandberg later took over informally, then formally from 1906 until his death in 1931.
From the same year the newspaper was jointly printed with Glommen.
[1] The newspaper struggled to survive, and the German occupation of Norway worsened the situation.
[1] The stop came at the same time as Glommen was forcibly shut down, and neither newspaper returned.