Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad
Source Passport
NO-M-00033-0
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- Legal name
- SARPSBORG ARBEIDERBLAD AS
- Country
- Norway
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- 1929
- Editor-in-chief
- Bernt Frode Lyngstad (ansvarlig redaktør og daglig leder)
- 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 Pending check
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad
- Company registration number Pending check
- Org.nr 979 435 916
- Registered address Pending check
- Jernbanegata 11, 1706 SARPSBORG
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
3 sources
- Brønnøysundregistrene, Enhetsregisteret (virksomhet.brreg.no), read 2026-10-16 (SARPSBORG ARBEIDERBLAD AS, org.nr 979 435 916, aksjeselskap, Jernbanegata 11, 1706 Sarpsborg, postal Postboks 83, 1701 Sarpsborg; NACE 58.120; sa.no; inngår i konsern)
- Store norske leksikon, 'Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad', last updated 12 Dec 2025, read 2026-10-16 (SARPSBORG ARBEIDERBLAD AS, org.nr 979435916; daglig leder Bernt Frode Lyngstad; styreleder Svein Atle Huus; first issue 1 Oct 1929)
- Amedia, Amedias aviser (newspaper list and title profiles), read 2026-10-14 (title listed among Amedia's newspapers, with founding year and editor)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type Amedia AS – Company Amediastiftelsen Indirect Investment fund - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- Amediastiftelsen (foundation; owns 100% of Amedia – 'i sin helhet eid av Amediastiftelsen')
3 sources
- Store norske leksikon, 'Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad', last updated 12 Dec 2025, read 2026-10-16 (owned by Amedia AS)
- Amedia, Eier (owner page), read 2026-10-14 (Amedia is owned by the foundation Amediastiftelsen, created by Sparebankstiftelsen DNB in 2016 to buy the group from LO, Telenor and Fritt Ord; no percentage stated)
- Konkurransetilsynet, public version of simplified merger notification 'Schibsted Media AS, Polaris Media ASA, Amedia Norge AS – JV', dated 21 Aug 2026, read 2026-10-16 ('Schibsted Media AS er heleid av Stiftelsen Tinius' through Tinius Media AS; Polaris largest shareholders Schibsted Media AS 29,45 %, NWT Media AS 26,79 %, Must Invest AS 17,27 %, 'Ingen eier har kontroll i Polaris'; 'Amedia er i sin helhet eid av Amediastiftelsen'; lists each party's titles)
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
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- Nettavisen
- Nordlys
- Romerikes Blad
- Tønsbergs Blad
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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