Bratsberg-Demokraten ("The Bratsberg Democrat") was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county. From 1924 to 1929 it was named Telemark Kommunistblad.

Bratsberg-Demokraten was started on 7 April 1908,[1] as the Labour Party needed an organ in the county Telemark (then named Bratsberg).[2] On 10 January 1921 it was merged with Nybrott to form Folkets Dagblad, a regional newspaper for both Telemark and Vestfold, but the merger was reversed after 19 May 1922.[1] Bratsberg-Demokraten continued.

In 1923 it was usurped by the Communist Party of Norway. It changed name from 2 January 1924 to Telemark Kommunistblad. It lasted until 28 June 1929,[3] and was survived by Labour's Telemark Arbeiderblad.[2]

Eivind Reiersen was a noted editor, holding the post from 1919 to 1921 (a bit into the Folkets Dagblad period) and from 1924 to 1928.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Johansen, Tor Are (2010). "Nybrott". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 255. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  2. ^ a b Øvrum, Thor (2010). "Telemarksavisa". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 335. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
  3. ^ Lorenz, Einhart (1983). Det er ingen sak å få partiet lite. NKP 1923–1931 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. pp. 168–169. ISBN 82-530-1255-1.
  4. ^ "Eivind Reiersen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 29 January 2011.