Klassekampen

Klassekampen (English: The Class Struggle) is a Norwegian daily newspaper, which styles itself as "the daily newspaper of the left".

Not to be confused with Klassekampen (1909-1940).
Klassekampen
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Red Party (Norway) (20%)
Foreningen Klassekampens venner (17%)
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (15%)
Mater AS (5%)
Oktoberstiftelsen (5%)
Industri Energi (5%)
Others
EditorMari Skurdal
Founded1969
Political alignmentSocialism
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Circulation118 000 (2020)
Websitewww.klassekampen.no

Its circulation is 118 000 (2020). Since the year 2000, Klassekampen has more than tripled its circulation, in a period where most Norwegian newspapers have been in sharp decline.

Klassekampen's owners include Norway's Red Party, the association Klassekampens venner ("Friends of Klassekampen"), and several trade unions.

History and profile

Klassekampen was founded in 1969 with a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist platform, but has developed into a radical-left newspaper with the following mission statement: "The newspaper Klassekampen shall do serious, critical journalism, with versatile political and economical disclosures of exploitation, suppression, and environmental damage - as well as inspire and contribute to ideological criticism, organizing, and political struggle against such conditions, on the basis of a revolutionary, socialistic view."

The paper is based in Oslo.[1] Until recently Klassekampen was owned by The Workers' Communist Party, but it is today owned by Rødt, Fagforbundet, OktoPax and Industri Energi among others.

Mari Skurdal has been the editor of Klassekampen since 2018, succeeding Bjørgulv Braanen and Jon Michelet in the post. Columnists include Olaug Nilssen, Åsa Linderborg, Sandra Lillebø, Arild Rønsen and Sylfest Lomheim. Comedian Knut Nærum contributes as a cartoonist on Saturdays.

On Saturdays, the newspaper also features a book magazine. Editors of this section have been Bendik Wold (2006-2008) and Karin Haugen (2008–present).

Klassekampen did not support the EU membership of Norway.[2]

Chief editors
Jon Michelet, chief editor 1997-2002

Circulation
Circulation 1980 - 2015
  • 1980: 7219
  • 1981: 7633
  • 1982: 7920
  • 1983: 7920
  • 1984: 8008
  • 1985: 7780
  • 1986: 8020
  • 1987: 8110
  • 1988: 8185
  • 1989: 8449
  • 1990: 8206
  • 1991: 9232
  • 1992: 10042
  • 1993: 9692
  • 1994: 9822
  • 1995: 9103
  • 1996: 7796
  • 1997: 8087
  • 1998: 6506
  • 1999: 6477
  • 2000: 6557
  • 2001: 6648
  • 2002: 6929
  • 2003: 7178
  • 2004: 7512
  • 2005: 8759
  • 2006: 10109[3]
  • 2007: 11386[4]
  • 2008: 12109[5]
  • 2009: 13265[6]
  • 2010: 14390
  • 2011: 15390
  • 2012: 16353
  • 2013: 17648
  • 2014: 19253
  • 2015: 21648
  • 2016: 23414
  • 2017: 25019
  • 2018: 27855
  • 2019: 30076

See also

References
  1. Gisle Andersen (2012). Exploring Newspaper Language: Using the Web to Create and Investigate a Large Corpus of Modern Norwegian. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 978-90-272-0354-0. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. Sigurd Allern (2002). "Journalistic and Commercial News Values. News Organizations as Patrons of an Institution and Market Actors". Nordicom Review. 2 (2). Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. «Avisenes leser- og opplagstall for 2006» Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine from Mediebedriftenes Landsforening, 12 February 2007
  4. «Avisenes leser- og opplagstall for 2007» Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine from Mediebedriftenes Landsforening, 14 February 2008
  5. «Avisenes leser- og opplagstall for 2008» Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine from Mediebedriftenes Landsforening, 17 February 2009
  6. «Avisenes leser- og opplagstall for 2009» Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine from Mediebedriftenes Landsforening, 16 February 2010
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