Hamar Stiftstidende is a former Norwegian

Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 daily newspaper, published in Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

, Norway from 1847 to 1971. Its original name was Hamar Budstikke, later Hamar Budstikke og Stiftstidende, then Hamar Stiftstidende. In 1872 editor Olaus Arvesen

Olaus Arvesen

Olaus Arvesen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Onsøy. He graduated as cand.theol. in 1862, and was influenced by the pastor and educator N. F. S. Grundtvig...

 was forced to leave after disagreements with the owners, and started the competing Oplandenes Avis

Oplandenes Avis

Oplandenes Avis was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Hamar in Hedmark county.It started on 3 July 1872 by Olaus Arvesen, who had been fired as editor of the conservative newspaper Hamar Stiftstidende. He remained editor until 1906, and supported the Liberal Party...

. Hamar Stiftstidende was a supporter for the Conservative Party, and later also the Liberal Left Party. The newspaper merged with Oplandenes Avis in 1916. In 1971 the newspaper was bankrupt.