Budstikka
Source Passport
NO-M-00011-6
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- Legal name
- Asker og Bærums Budstikke AS
- Country
- Norway
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- 1898
- Editor-in-chief
- Anniken Renslo Sandvik (ansvarlig redaktør)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number on record, not yet checked
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- People behind the owning companies not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number Pending check
- Org.nr 922 218 951
- Registered address Pending check
- Malmskriverveien 4, 1337 SANDVIKA
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- Brønnøysundregistrene, Enhetsregisteret (virksomhet.brreg.no), read 2026-10-16 (ASKER OG BÆRUMS BUDSTIKKE AS, org 922 218 951, aksjeselskap, Malmskriverveien 4, 1337 Sandvika, næringskode 58.120, website www.budstikka.no)
- Store norske leksikon, 'Budstikka' (last updated 4 Aug 2026), read 2026-10-16 (ASKER OG BÆRUMS BUDSTIKKE AS, org 922218951; founded 1898, first issue 10 Feb 1898)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type Amedia Norge AS (formerly Amedia Lokal AS, Org.nr 987 604 638) 99.90% Direct Company Amediastiftelsen – Indirect Investment fund - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- Amediastiftelsen (Asker og Bærums Budstikke AS → Amedia Norge AS → Amediastiftelsen)
5 sources
- Konkurransetilsynet, merger notification Amedia Lokal AS / Asker og Bærums Budstikke AS, dated 19 Jan 2021, read 2026-10-16 (Amedia Lokal AS, org 987 604 638, acquires all shares but one (99.9%) of Asker og Bærums Budstikke AS, org 922 218 951, from Asker og Bærums Budstikke Holding AS, org 910 301 268; one share to Stiftelsen Asker og Bærums Budstikke to secure editorial independence; Amedia AS wholly owned by Avishuset Norge AS)
- Brønnøysundregistrene, Enhetsregisteret (virksomhet.brreg.no), read 2026-10-16 (AMEDIA NORGE AS, org 987 604 638, Schweigaards gate 15, 0191 Oslo; same number as Amedia Lokal AS in the 2021 notice)
- Konkurransetilsynet, merger notification Schibsted Media AS / Polaris Media ASA / Amedia Norge AS (joint venture NFH 2605114 AS), dated 21 Aug 2026, read 2026-10-16 (Schibsted Media AS, org 996 334 767, wholly owned by Stiftelsen Tinius through its wholly owned subsidiary Tinius Media AS; Polaris Media ASA, org 992 614 145, listed on Oslo Børs with no controlling owner, largest shareholders Schibsted Media AS 29.45%, NWT Media AS 26.79%, Must Invest AS 17.27%; Amedia Norge AS, org 987 604 638, wholly owned by Amediastiftelsen)
- Store norske leksikon, 'Budstikka' (last updated 4 Aug 2026), read 2026-10-16 (Amedia largest owner from 2011, took over the whole company in December 2020)
- Amedia, newspaper profile of Budstikka (reached from the 'Alle aviser' directory; profile URL not recorded), read 2026-10-14 (legal entity Asker og Bærums Budstikke AS; Anniken Renslo Sandvik editor)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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