{{use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} '''''A-magasinet''''' is a supplement to the Norwegian newspaper ''Aftenposten'' that is published every Friday.<ref>{{cite web|title=A-magasinet|url=https://kundeportal.aftenposten.no/produkt/a-magasinet/|website=Aftenposten Kundeportal|accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref> The supplement is published in a format of {{convert|210|by|278|mm|in|sp=us}},<ref>{{cite web|title=Oppgave 2 – Formidling (Del 2)|url=https://digmediedesign.blogspot.si/2016/10/oppgave-2-formidling-del-2.html|website=Digital Mediedesign|accessdate=January 13, 2018|date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> and it is therefore smaller than the daily newspaper, which is published in tabloid format. The supplement is printed at the press Hjemmet Mortensen Trykkeri<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fossbakken|first1=Erlend|title=Blir ny trykkerisjef i Hjemmet Mortensen|url=https://kampanje.com/archive/2010/12/blir-ny-trykkerisjef-i-hjemmet-mortensen/|accessdate=January 13, 2018|work=Kampanje|date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> and its number of pages has ranged from 68 to 84. Until 2001, the supplement was printed by the press Aktietrykkeriet in Fetsund.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ravn|first1=Linn Karen|title=Det er veldig trist|url=https://www.dn.no/etterBors/2014/05/21/Aktietrykkeriet/-det-er-veldig-trist|accessdate=January 13, 2018|work=Dagens Næringsliv|date=May 21, 2014}}</ref>
==History== ''A-magasinet'' was issued during three periods: from 1926 to 1943, from 1963 to 1993, and from 2005 onward.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ylvisåker|first1=Line Nagell|title=A-magasinet i tre epokar. Ein komparativ analyse av Aftenposten sitt helgebilag i 1927, 1963 og 2005|date=2009|publisher=Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon|location=Oslo|page=9|url=https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/27861/Ylvisxker_master.pdf?sequence=1|accessdate=January 14, 2018}}</ref>
The first issue was published on New Year's eve in 1926 at the initiative of editor Frøis Frøisland. The name of the publication was selected in a contest among the readers of ''Aftenposten''. Other suggestions for naming the publication included ''Lørdagshygga'' ('Saturday cosiness'), ''Ding Dong'', ''Sofadyret'' ('couch creature'), and ''Tilhænger'n'' ('trailer', after Harald Madsen of the popular comic pair Ole & Axel, dubbed ''Tilhengeren'' in Norwegian).<ref name="Morgenbladet">{{cite news|title=A-magasinet|url=https://morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2005/10/magasinet|accessdate=January 14, 2018|work=Morgenbladet|date=October 21, 2005}}</ref> The publication was discontinued in 1943 because of a paper shortage during the Second World War.<ref name="Morgenbladet"/>
The publication was re-launched in 1963<ref name="SNL">{{cite web|last1=Pettersen|first1=Øyvind Breivik|title=Aftenposten|url=https://snl.no/Aftenposten|website=Store norske leksikon|accessdate=January 15, 2018}}</ref> with a "women's profile" focusing on family life, home, and fashion. By the following year, this editorial profile had been abandoned, and ''A-magasinet'' was oriented toward entertaining journalism. The first color photos appeared in it in 1966, and since then photojournalism has been an important part of the supplement. In 1984, Per Egil Hegge became the editor and refreshed the publication's style. A consistent feature was crime stories and writing competitions with humorous illustrations by Sven Sønsteby. During this period, the nature photographer Sverre M. Fjelstad contributed the feature "Naturen rundt oss" (The Natural World around Us) for 20 years. ''A-magasinet'' was discontinued in 1993,<ref name="SNL"/> after many of the advertisers switched to Schibsted's newly launched TV 2.
The third incarnation of ''A-magasinet'' began when it was relaunched on October 21, 2005.<ref name="SNL"/> Kjersti Løken Stavrum, the former editor-in-chief for the weekly magazine ''Kvinner og Klær'', became the editor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jensen|first1=Martin Huseby|title=Klok femåring|url=https://journalisten.no/story/62827|accessdate=January 15, 2018|work=Journalisten|date=October 22, 2010}}</ref> In 2013, Lillian Vambheim succeeded Stavrum.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lillian Vambheim (41)|url=https://journalisten.no/media/lillian_vambheim_41|accessdate=January 15, 2018|work=Journalisten|date=November 27, 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.aftenposten.no/amagasinet ''A-magasinet'' homepage]
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Category:Newspaper supplements Category:Norwegian-language newspapers Category:Newspapers published in Oslo Category:Newspapers established in 1927 Category:1927 establishments in Norway