Smaalenenes Amtstidende was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Halden in Østfold county.
In 1852 the owner of Fredrikshalds Budstikke bought Smaalenenes Amtstidende and amalgamated the newspapers, but publishing continued under the latter name.
[1] Noted editors were the Thranite Peter Georg Christian Hammerstein, who was sentenced to 16 days in prison for criticizing the Supreme Court of Norway in 1849,[1] and the conservatives Audun Munthe-Kaas Hierman (edited the newspaper from 1919 to 1931)[2] and Halvor Gjerding Diesen (edited the newspaper from 1931 to 1969).
Halden Arbeiderblad was stopped by the Germans, and Idd og Marker amalgamated into Smaalenenes Amtstidende in 1942.
The name change was reverted in January 1975, at the same time as joint printing with Halden Arbeiderblad was tried.