Møre Arbeiderblad
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Møre Arbeiderblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Ålesund
Ålesund
is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....

 in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county.

Møre Arbeiderblad was started on 13 September 1923 as a newspaper with an unofficial affiliation with the Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

. Before the affiliation was made formal, the Communist Party
Communist Party of Norway
The Communist Party of Norway is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. It was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. The party played an important role in the resistance to German occupation during the Second World War, and experienced a brief...

 broke away from Labour and took Møre Arbeiderblad with them. It was their organ for Sunnmøre
Sunnmøre
Sunnmøre is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal, Sande, Skodje, Haram, Stordal, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, Ørskog,...

.

Well-known editors include Ålesund native Reinert Torgeirson
Reinert Torgeirson
Reinert Torgeirson was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties. He was also an active poet, playwright and novelist....

 from 1924 to 1925 and Jens Galaaen
Jens Galaaen
Jens Galaaen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties.He was born in Røros as a son of farmers. He contributed to the local Labour newspaper Arbeidets Rett from a young age, and edited the newspaper from 1919 to 1923...

from 1925 to 1929. The newspaper came once a week, except a period from early 1924 to mid-1929 when it came twice a week. It went defunct after its last issue on 28 March 1931. It did resurface later, but the details around that are shadowy.
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