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Aura Avis

a Norwegian newspaper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ1764770 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aura Avis is a Norwegian newspaper, based in Sunndalsøra. It was established in 1947 by Erling Innvik. Innvik edited the newspaper from 1947 to 1954, when he became editor of the Iowa-based Decorah-posten. Aura Avis was then bought by the agency Norsk Arbeiderpresse. Einar Sæter was editor-in-chief from 1954 to 1971. Aura Avis was the only Labour Party newspaper in Norway which had an editorial stand against membership prior to the 1972 Norwegian European Communities membership referendum.

Editor from 1996 is Lars Steinar Ansnes.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Aura Avis” as a Norwegian newspaper. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aura, Avis and Norwegian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1954, 1971, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Aura, Avis and Norwegian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Aura Avis”, the useful work is to connect “a Norwegian newspaper” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1764770. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1947, 1954, 1971 and 1972.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aura Avis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.