Fædrelandsvennen
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{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway. It covers the southernmost part of the country, (Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder), focusing especially on the area between Mandal and Lillesand (west and east of Kristiansand).
History and profile
{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was established by Petrus Emilius Johanssen and Ole Christian Tangen in 1875.<ref name=sch/> It is owned by the Norwegian based Schibsted ASA and has its headquarters in Kristiansand.<ref name=sch/> Eivind Ljøstad was appointed editor-in-chief of the paper in 2010.<ref name=sch>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=nina14>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
It was {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} which first reported on 29 December 1999 the relationship of Crown Prince of Norway with his future wife, Mette-Marit.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
On 16 September 2006 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was switched from broadsheet to tabloid format.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 14 May 2012, the newspaper introduced paid content for their online site—only subscribers can access the online newspaper in full.<ref name=nina14/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Circulation
{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} has 235 employees and has 116,000 daily readers. It is published six days per week.<ref name=sch/><ref name=nina14/> The circulation of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was 45,000 copies in 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Confirmed circulation figures by Mediebedriftenes Landsforening (Newspaper Publishers' Association), Norway:<ref>Medienorge – fakta om norske massemedier – hovedsiden Template:In lang</ref>
- 2006: 42,642
- 2007: 41,326<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2008: 40,729
- 2009: 39,454
- 2010: 37,934
- 2012: 35,441
- 2014: 34,065
- 2015: 32,739