ITromsø

Bladet Tromsø was first published on 24 January 1898 with Erling Gjemsø as the first editor-in-chief.

[1] It is now published by Mediehuset iTromsø A/S, a subsidiary of Polaris Media, which was earlier owned by the Schibsted Group.

[3] Bladet Tromsø became internationally known in 1988 when they published an official report on seal hunting written by Odd F. Lindberg.

The report received international attention and led to a discussion about the Norwegian seal hunt and freedom of speech.

The newspaper was sued by the seal hunters and sentenced after two court rounds to pay compensation.