Aftenposten
Aftenposten (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈɑ̂ftn̩ˌpɔstn̩]; transl. "The Evening Post"; stylized as Aftenpoſten in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. Aftenposten's online edition is at Aftenposten.no. It is considered a newspaper of record for Norway.
The front page, 6 February 2023 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Owner(s) | Schibsted (99.99%) Stiftelsen Tinius (0.01%) |
| Editor | Trine Eilertsen |
| Founded | 14 May 1860 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| ISSN | 0804-3116 |
| Website | www |
Aftenposten is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norway's second largest newspaper, VG, is also owned by Schibsted. Norwegian owners held a 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015.
The paper has around 240 employees. Trine Eilertsen was appointed editor-in-chief in 2020.
Aftenposten has correspondents based in Kyiv, Brussels, New York, Moscow and Istanbul (2023).