Klassekampen

Not to be confused with Klassekampen (1909–1940).
Klassekampen
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Red Party (Norway) (19.6%)
Foreningen Klassekampens venner (17.5%)
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (15%)
United Federation of Trade Unions (5%)
Mater AS (4.7%)
Oktoberstiftelsen (4.7%)
Industri Energi (5%)
Others (28.5%)[1]
EditorMari Skurdal
Founded1969
Political alignmentMaoism (formerly)[2]
Revolutionary socialism[3]
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Circulation33,265 (2022)
Websitewww.klassekampen.no

Klassekampen (Lit. translation: "The Class Struggle") is a Norwegian daily newspaper in print and online. Its tagline is "The daily newspaper of the Left." The paper's net circulation is 33,265 (2022), and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper (160,000 on Saturdays).[4] This makes it the third largest Norwegian print newspaper, based on readership.[5] Chief editor from 2018 is Mari Skurdal.

Klassekampen started out in early 1969 as a monthly periodical published by a group of Oslo-based Marxist-Leninists, with Pål Steigan as a key founder and Anders M. Andersen as the first editor. It promoted the positions of the Workers' Communist Party (AKP; founded 1973) and its predecessors.[6][7][2] Klassekampen became a weekly in January 1973, a bi-weekly in January 1976 and finally a daily newspaper in April 1977. It was the official organ of the AKP until April 1991.[8] Its mission statement now describes itself as "revolutionary socialist."[3] As most Norwegian newspapers, it depends on economic support from the Norwegian Government.[9]

Klassekampen has received praise for its critical political and economic journalism,[10][11][12] as well as criticism, for example for promoting an uncritical attitude towards Russia,[13][14][15][16] and for promoting transphobia and trans-exclusionary radical feminism,[17][18][19][20] something its chief editor has denied.[21] In the 1970s, the newspaper promoted a form of Holocaust revisionism.[22][23] Despite its overt political position, Klassekampen enjoys a wide readership both within the business class and the broader Norwegian society.[12][24]

  1. ^ According to the 2021 annual report, available on the paper's website.
  2. ^ a b "Klassekampens historie er full av kamper, men de viktigste står foran oss". Klassekampen. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Formålsparagrafen til avisa Klassekampen" [Mission statement of the newspaper Klassekampen]. Workers' Communist Party (Norway). Archived from the original on 2020-04-30. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. ^ Statistics from Medienorge, run by the University of Bergen.
  5. ^ "Mediehusenes lesertall", web site of Mediebedriftenes Landsforening, dated 15 September 2021; accessed 15 May 2022.
  6. ^ Information in Klassekampen no. 1, 1969, page 3.
  7. ^ "Maos revolusjon". Klassekampen. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Skal bli venstresidas dagsavis" (Becoming the daily of the left), Klassekampen 19 April 1991, page 9.
  9. ^ Aarli-Grøndalen, Roger (December 2, 2021). "Pressestøtte: Dagen og Medier24 får størst økning". journalisten.no.
  10. ^ Hagen, Knut-Øyvind (2013-11-05). "Røe Isaksen anbefaler Klassekampen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  11. ^ Lerø, Magne (2011-09-08). "Klassekampen dunker alle". Dagens Perspektiv (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  12. ^ a b Henriksen, Torill; Sterud, Kristine (2021-11-22). "(+) Klassekampen er eneste topp ti-avis med økende inntekter de siste ti årene". www.m24.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-21.
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  20. ^ Sørlie, Aleksander. "Klassekampen". Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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  24. ^ Aarli-Grøndalen, Roger (2019-03-28). "Klassekampen øker nå både på papir og digitalt". www.journalisten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-21.