Laagen was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county.
Bjørnson eventually shifted party allegiance from Agrarian to Nasjonal Samling, and imposed his views on the newspaper.
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940, Høvik decided to follow suit and join the NS party, even though he did not write national socialist editorials.
Bjørnson—and Høvik—decided to give up on 7 May 1945, and subeditor Sigurd Skogheim edited Laagen on its last day of existence, 8 May 1945.
The occupation was over, and the victorious Home Front decided to liquidate Laagen with immediate effect.