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About the English News Desk
Aftenposten is Norway's leading broadsheet newspaper, based in Oslo but with a subscription reach that spans the nation. The morning edition, generally considered the country's "paper of record," is read by some 811,000 every weekday. Its evening editionfocuses on news and events in and around the capital of Oslo, with average daily readership of more than 500,000.
Aftenposten employs an editorial staff of more than 400 persons, of whom more than 300 are journalists and photographers. Aftenposten also maintains a network of foreign correspondents in several major cities including Berlin, Paris, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Stockholm and Washington.
On the Internet
Aftenposten Interaktiv ( /
) is Aftenposten's electronic news service. Aftenposten Interaktiv offers
much of the content of Aftenposten's paper editions plus news updated throughout
the day, commentary and background information.
Aftenposten Interaktiv's English news service ( /english) specializes in Norwegian news presented in English, along with summaries of top international
and sports stories. Aftenposten is the only major newspaper in Norway offering
this service. The English news service is also sent to large screens at Oslo's
airport at Gardermoen.
Our
Staff
Nina Berglund
Liz McNamara
Jonathan Tisdall
Links recommended by Aftenposten's English Desk
If you would like to find more useful information on Norway in English,
please try the links below. Feel free to send us your own bookmarks, if you
know of any other sites.
http://dictionaries.travlang.com/NorwegianEnglish/
- A dictionary when you need to translate Norwegian to English
http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/nytt/nyheter/
- The latest headlines from Norwegian newspapers in English, compiled
by Norway's Foreign Ministry.
http://travel.yahoo.com/t/Europe/Norway/
- Yahoos guide over Norway
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