Indhereds Tidende
| Type | Biweekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder | O. A. Overrein |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| City | Steinkjer |
| Country | Norway |
Indhereds Tidende was a biweekly newspaper published in Steinkjer, Norway, from 1888. It was aligned with the Conservative Party, with O. A. Overrein as its editor-in-chief. The newspaper had a libelous tone and was shut down after a number of court cases, which had eventually led to the party disowning it.
History
[edit]By the late 1880s, Steinkjer had two newspapers, Indherreds-Posten and Indtrønderen.[1] Following the death of Indherreds-Posten' founder Johan Bernhard Andersen, the newspaper moved politically to the right, until eventually declaring itself a Conservative newspaper.[2] However, when J. Barnhard's son Fridtjof Andersen came into management around 1888, the newspaper moved politically to the left again, leaving conservatives without a newspaper in Steinkjer.[3]
The initiative to establish a conservative newspaper was taken by O. A. Overrein, who also became the newspaper's only editor-in-chief.[4][3] The newspaper was published twice weekly from 1888. It was officially aligned with the Conservative Party.[5]
Overrein did not hold back in his editorials and political coverage.[4] This resulted in the newspaper being sued several times for libel. The last of these followed a news story about an incident where a man in the Netherlands had fallen into a grain bin and been choked to death by the grain. Overrain was at the time in a feud with the owner of the local grain mill, and stated that had such an incident happened at Stenkjær Møllebrug, the man would have been choked by sand, not grains.[6] The scandals were too much for the Conservative Party, who had to disown the newspaper as an official voice of the party. They would go on to establish a new conservative newspaper, Stenkjær Avis, in 1894.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Høeg, Tom Arbo (1974). Norske aviser 1763–1969: en bibliografi: Registerbind (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: University of Oslo Library. p. 88. ISBN 8270000280.
- ↑ Saxvik, Kjell (1986). "Indherreds-Posten og avishuset Andersen". SteinkjerSaga (in Norwegian). 1 (1). Steinkjer: Foreningen Gamle Steinkjer: 17–29.
- 1 2 Pedersen, Jac. Wicklem (1957). Steinkjer 100 år: 1857–1957 (in Norwegian). Steinkjer: Steinkjer Municipality. pp. 202–203.
- 1 2 Stene, Morten (2002). "Steinkjer-aviser siden 1862". SteinkjerSaga (in Norwegian). 12 (1): 36–39.
- ↑ Høeg, Tom Arbo (1973). Norske aviser 1763–1969: en bibliografi: Alfabetisk fortegnelse (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: University of Oslo Library. p. 250. ISBN 82-7000-014-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) - ↑ Wasberg, Gunnar Christie (1969). Norsk presse i hundre år: 1820–1920: utsyn og overblikk (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. p. 156–157.
- ↑ Saxvik, Kjell (1983). Fram i hundre års politisk motvind: Nord-Trøndelag Høyre 1883–1983 (in Norwegian). p. 20–21.