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{{for|Defunct Swedish newspaper|Nationen (weekly newspaper)}}
{{Short description|Norwegian daily newspaper with a focus on agriculture}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
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'''{{Lang|no|Nationen}}''' is a Norwegian daily [[newspaper]] with a particular focus on agriculture and rural districts. Its circulation in 2015 was 12,954, an increase of 281 copies from 2014.

==History and profile==
{{Lang|no|Nationen}} was founded in 1918.<ref name="snl">{{Citation |last=Overrein |first=Per |title=Nationen – avis |date=2023-11-09 |work=[[Store norske leksikon]] |url=https://snl.no/Nationen_-_avis |access-date=2024-01-27 |language=no |last2=Hetland |first2=Tom}}</ref> The founding editor-in-chief was [[Thorvald Aadahl]], and during his editorship the paper adopted a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] political stance.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Peter Davies|editor2=Derek Lynch|title=The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right|isbn=978-0-203-99472-6
|url=https://archive.org/details/routledgecompani00davi|url-access=registration|year=2002|location=London; New York|publisher=Routledge|page=[https://archive.org/details/routledgecompani00davi/page/195 195]}}</ref> [[Hans Holten]], its political editor from 1945 to 1963, brought the paper into a key role for the Centre Party.<ref name="snl" /> The paper primarily targets farmers and the agrarian sector, with focus on district politics, [[farming]], commentaries and features. It is based in Oslo with offices in [[Trondheim]] and [[Fagernes]], and edited by Jannicke Engan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nationen |url=https://www.nationen.no/vis/info/ansatte |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Nationen |language=no}}</ref> The newspaper relies heavily on [[freelance journalist]]s for regional coverage.

Traditionally {{Lang|no|Nationen}} was affiliated with the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]]. Its founding owner was the Farmers Association.<ref>{{cite book|author=Oddvar Hoidal|title=Trotsky in Norway: Exile, 1935–1937|year=2013|publisher=Cornell University|location=Ithaca, NY
|isbn=9781501758065|page=343|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/26374#info_wrap}}</ref> The newspaper is fully owned by [[Tun Media]], which is controlled by the [[Norwegian Agrarian Association]], [[Tine (company)|TINE]], [[Nortura]], [[Landkreditt]], and others.<ref name=snl/><ref name="proff.no">{{Cite web |url=http://www.proff.no/roller/tun-media-as/oslo/aviser-fagblader-og-tidsskrifter/Z0IQBS8S/
|title=Tun Media AS - Oslo - Roller og kunngjøringer|access-date=30 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408134930/http://www.proff.no/roller/tun-media-as/oslo/aviser-fagblader-og-tidsskrifter/Z0IQBS8S/|archive-date=8 April 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref> Tun Media works to promote the interests of Norwegian agriculture and rural districts.<ref name="proff.no"/> The media group also owns other publications, such as ''[[Bondebladet (weekly)|Bondebladet]]''. {{Lang|no|Nationen}} was against the [[European Union|EU]] membership of Norway.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Sigurd Allern|title=Journalistic and Commercial News Values. News Organizations as Patrons of an Institution and Market Actors|journal=Nordicom Review|date=2002|volume=2|issue=2|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242189101|accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref>

{{Lang|no|Nationen}} has had a [[tabloid format]] since 1986. An online version, [https://www.nationen.no/ nationen.no], was formally launched in 2001.<ref name=snl/>

The newspaper is dependent on economic support from the Norwegian Government.<ref>[https://journalisten.no/dagen-klassekampen-kortnytt/pressestotte-dagen-og-medier24-far-storst-okning/490689 Pressestøtte: Dagen og Medier24 får størst økning. Klassekampen får fremdeles mest.]</ref>

==Circulation==
Numbers from the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, [[Mediebedriftenes Landsforening]].
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  bar:80 from:start till:21455
  bar:81 from:start till:21780
  bar:82 from:start till:21563
  bar:83 from:start till:21648
  bar:84 from:start till:20566
  bar:85 from:start till:20691
  bar:86 from:start till:20021
  bar:87 from:start till:20370
  bar:88 from:start till:19726
  bar:89 from:start till:21388
  bar:90 from:start till:22367
  bar:91 from:start till:23011
  bar:92 from:start till:20805
  bar:93 from:start till:20102
  bar:94 from:start till:21278
  bar:95 from:start till:20278
  bar:96 from:start till:20235
  bar:97 from:start till:19104
  bar:98 from:start till:18311
  bar:99 from:start till:18307
  bar:00 from:start till:17376
  bar:01 from:start till:18652
  bar:02 from:start till:17544
  bar:03 from:start till:16987
  bar:04 from:start till:16484
  bar:05 from:start till:17061
  bar:06 from:start till:16996
  bar:07 from:start till:15871
  bar:08 from:start till:15670
  bar:09 from:start till:14514
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| caption = Circulation 1980 - 2009
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* 1980: 21,455
* 1981: 21,780
* 1982: 21,563
* 1983: 21,648
* 1984: 20,566
* 1985: 20,691
* 1986: 20,021
* 1987: 20,370
* 1988: 19,726
* 1989: 21,388
* 1990: 22,367
* 1991: 23,011
* 1992: 20,805
* 1993: 20,102
* 1994: 21,278
* 1995: 20,278
* 1996: 20,235
* 1997: 19,104
* 1998: 18,311
* 1999: 18,307
* 2000: 17,376
* 2001: 18,652
* 2002: 17,554
* 2003: 16,987
* 2004: 16,484
* 2005: 17,061
* 2006: 16,996 
* 2007: 15,871
* 2008: 15,670
* 2009: 14,514
* ...
* 2014: 12,673
* 2015: 12,954
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Official website}}
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{{Newspapers in Norway|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:1918 establishments in Norway]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in Norway]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1918]]
[[Category:Norwegian-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Centre Party (Norway) newspapers]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Oslo]]