Bergens Tidende

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Compact
Owner	Bergens Tidende AS
Editor	Trine Eilertsen
Founded	1868
Political alignment	None, officially (traditionally Liberal)
Language	Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)
Headquarters	Bergen, Norway
Official website	www.bt.no

Bergens Tidende 30 January 1870.

Bergens Tidende is Norway's fourth largest newspaper and largest newspaper outside Oslo, with a circulation of about 87,000 copies (2007).^[1] Founded in 1868, it is a Norwegian-language newspaper published daily in Bergen. It reaches approximately 260,000 readers every day (2005), mainly in the counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane.

The newspaper is published in two sections. Section 1 contains op-eds, general news, sports and weather. Section 2 contains culture, views, local news and television listings. The feature magazine BTMagasinet is published on Saturdays.

Bergens Tidende is a fully owned subsidiary of Media Norge, which is the holding company of Aftenposten, Bergens Tidende, Stavanger Aftenblad and Fædrelandsvennen. Media Norge is owned by Schibsted.

bt.no

bt.no is the website of Bergens Tidende. Until 2009 the newspaper broadcast on BTV (formerly TV Hordaland), which service was taken off air and incorporated into bt.no.

List of Editors in chief

• Johan Hekleberg, 1868–1869
• David Chrystie Habe, 1869–1871
• Olav Lofthus, 1872–1894
• Finn Bøgh Henriksen, 1894–1902
• K. F. Dahl, 1902–1903
• Finn Bøgh Henriksen, 1903–1942
• Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner, 1942–1945
• Håkon Torsvik, 1945–1956
• Ingem. Fænn, 1956–1977
• Kjartan Rødland, 1977–1986
• Einar Eriksen, 1986–1991
• Magne Gaasemyr, 1991–1994
• Hans Erik Matre, 1994–1997
• Einar Hålien, 1997–2008
• Trine Eilertsen, 2008-

References

1. ^ Circulation and reading of Norwegian newspapers, published 14 February 2008

External links

• bt.no
• BTV

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