Dagbladet
Dagbladet is one of Norway's largest newspapers, published in Oslo in a tabloid format. It covers national news, politics, sport, and entertainment in print and online. Historically liberal in outlook, it is regarded as left-of-centre and is among the country's most widely read daily news sources.
Dagbladet at a glance
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Tabloid
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 1869
- Owner
- Aller Media
- Published from
- Oslo
- Website
- dagbladet.no ↗
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How Crosswire groups Dagbladet
Crosswire groups Dagbladet as Left-leaning for comparisons within Norway's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Norway, VG and Aftenposten are listed as Centrist — so you can open Dagbladet beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Dagbladet sits in Norway's press
Dagbladet was founded in 1869, is published from Oslo and is owned by Aller Media. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Norway, and one of 2 tabloids among them — the other being VG. By outlets tracked, Norway ranks tenth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 19 of the 23 tabloids in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Dagbladet outside Norway, starting with Northern Europe, are Ilta-Sanomat (Finland), Õhtuleht (Estonia), BILD (Germany) and Kronen Zeitung (Austria). Opening one of them beside Dagbladet is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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