Stavanger Avis was started in 1888 as Rogalands Folkeblad, its name changed in 1889.
[1] The first editors were Oddmund Vik[2] and Alexander Kielland.
[1] Vik left the position as chief editor in 1908.
[2] The new editor, Lars Kleiveland took a stance against temperance and prohibition.
The populace did not take kindly to this,[4] and Stavanger Avis went defunct in 1911,[1] survived by a competing Liberal newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad[4] which still exists.