Stavanger Aftenblad
Source Passport
NO-M-00035-5
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- Legal name
- STAVANGER AFTENBLAD AS
- Country
- Norway
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- 1893
- Editor-in-chief
- Kjersti Sortland (sjefredaktør og administrerende direktør)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
5 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 on record, not yet checked
- 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
- Stavanger Aftenblad
- Company registration number Pending check
- Org.nr 990 412 987
- Registered address Pending check
- Nytorget 1, 4012 STAVANGER
- Public contact email Pending check
- tips@aftenbladet.no
3 sources
- Brønnøysundregistrene, Enhetsregisteret (virksomhet.brreg.no), read 2026-10-16 (STAVANGER AFTENBLAD AS, org.nr 990 412 987, aksjeselskap, Nytorget 1, 4012 Stavanger, postal Postboks 229, 4001 Stavanger; NACE 58.120)
- Store norske leksikon, 'Stavanger Aftenblad', last updated 12 Dec 2025, read 2026-10-16 (STAVANGER AFTENBLAD AS, org.nr 990412987; daglig leder Kjersti Sortland; styreleiar Øyulf Hjertenes; founded 1893; sjefredaktør Kjersti Sortland since 2022)
- aftenbladet.no site footer, read 2026-10-14 (Nytorget 1, 4012 Stavanger; Kjersti Sortland sjefredaktør og adm. direktør; tips@aftenbladet.no)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type Schibsted Media AS – – Company Tinius Media AS 100% Indirect Company Stiftelsen Tinius 100% Indirect Investment fund - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- Stiftelsen Tinius (via Tinius Media AS, which wholly owns Schibsted Media AS)
5 sources
- Store norske leksikon, 'Stavanger Aftenblad', last updated 12 Dec 2025, read 2026-10-16 (owned by Schibsted since 2012, previously through Media Norge)
- 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)
- Schibsted press release 'Gard Steiro blir ny leder for Schibsted News Media', 12 Oct 2026 (via NTB Kommunikasjon), read 2026-10-16 (Schibsted 'er heleid av Stiftelsen Tinius'; konsernsjef Siv Juvik Tveitnes; Steiro remains VG editor-in-chief and managing director until a successor is in place)
- Stiftelsen Tinius, Åpenhet (transparency page), read 2026-10-14 (the foundation acquired 100% of the shares in Schibsted Media AS in 2024; Tinius Media AS is wholly owned by the foundation; Blommenholm Industrier AS wholly owned by Tinius Media AS owns 20% of Vend Marketplaces ASA)
- Stiftelsen Tinius, Årsrapport 2025 (foreword dated 5 June 2026), read 2026-10-14 ('Nå eier vi hele konsernet' – the foundation owns the whole Schibsted media group; chair Ole Jacob Sunde)
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
- VG
- Aftenposten
- Bergens Tidende
- E24
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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