Aftenbladet

'''''Aftenbladet''''' ("The Evening Paper") was a daily newspaper in Oslo, Norway.

==History and profile== ''Aftenbladet'' was established in 1855 as a continuation of the satirical magazine ''Krydseren'',<ref name=sasar>{{cite web|title=Schibsted ASA - Company Profile|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/84/Schibsted-ASA.html|publisher=Reference for Business|accessdate=17 January 2015}}</ref> and had the same editor-in-chief, Ditmar Meidell, for its entire existence except for a short time when J. F. Sandberg edited the newspaper. Contributors include Ole Richter, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Frederik Bætzmann and Jens Braage Halvorsen. Bjørnson was political editor of the newspaper in 1859, published ''Ja, vi elsker'' for the first time in 1859 in ''Aftenbladet'', and published ''En glad Gut'' as a feuilleton. The newspaper was liberal-leaning, and anti-''Morgenbladet''.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=''Aftenbladet''|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Henriksen, Petter|url=http://www.snl.no/Aftenbladet|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 June 2010}}</ref>

The newspaper was printed and published by Christian Schibsted until 1860 when it was sold to W. C. Fabritius. It became defunct in 1881.<ref name=snl/>

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