Local newspapers in Oslo

On the other hand, there have been discussions on the lack of local newspapers covering the communities and day-to-day affairs of the boroughs of Oslo.

The early 21st century saw several new borough-specific newspapers emerge, alongside some publications seeking to cover the politics of the city as a whole.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, the two main competitors were Schibsted, which owned Aftenposten Aften, and a company called Lokalavisene Oslo.

Both Aftenposten Aften and the mini-conglomerate Lokalavisene Oslo went defunct, the latter after a series of ownership changes.

From the early 1980s to 1992 the Norwegian national daily Dagbladet owned the newspaper, followed by several other owners over the next decades.

In December 2014 the then-owner Mediehuset dittOslo AS (owned by Amedia) decided to close the newspaper.

[8] St. Hanshaugen/Frogner Budstikke was established by Lokalavisene Oslo in 1992 to cover the two inner west-end boroughs of Frogner and St. Hanshaugen.

[11] Reportedly, the idea of a local newspaper in Oslo came from Einar Hanseid,[12] who succeeded Norland in the position he left behind; as chief editor of Verdens Gang.

[13] Osloavisen existed for eight months before Schibsted shut it down, and the conglomerate reportedly lost 80 million kr.