It covers news in the municipalities of Kvam and Jondal.
[1] Hordaland Folkeblad is published twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, and appears in Nynorsk.
Locally, the newspaper is often referred to as Skaaralappen ('Skaar's slip')[2] after Nils Nilsson Skaar (1852–1948), who became the paper's editor in 1878[3] and its sole owner in 1889.
[1] The current editor is Sigbjørn Linga, who assumed the position in 2013.
[3] According to the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, Hordaland Folkeblad has had the following annual circulation: