(editing, printing, sales) was done on a voluntary basis in the first years. The first paid employees started when the paper turned into a weekly publication in 1973. In 1974 the party launched a campaign to finance a rotary press. The following 2.5 years the campaign raised more than NOK 5.6 million. Klassekampen's current owners include Norway's Red Party, the association Klassekampens venner ("Friends of Klassekampen"), several trade unions and smaller shareholders. Chief editors Anders M. Andersen 1969 Anders M. Andersen and Finn Aasheim 1969 Finn Aasheim 1969 Sigurd Allern and Finn Aasheim 1969–1970 Sigurd Allern 1970–1972 Finn Sjue 1973–1977 Egil Fossum 1977–1978 Egil Fossum and Sigurd Allern 1978–1979 Sigurd Allern 1979–1995 Paul Bjerke 1995–1997 Jon Michelet 1997–2002 Bjørgulv Braanen 2002–2018 Mari Skurdal 2018– Circulation 1980: 7219 1981: 7633 1982: 7920 1983: 7920 1984: 8008 1985: 7780 1986: 8020 1987: 8110 1988: 8185 1989: 8449 1990: 8206 1991: 9232 1992: 10042 1993: 9692 1994: 9822 1995: 9103 1996: 7796 1997: 8087 1998: 6506 1999: 6477 2000: 6557 2001: 6648 2002: 6929 2003: 7178 2004: 7512 2005: 8759 2006: 10109 2007: 11386 2008: 12109 2009: 13265 2010: 14390 2011: 15390 2012: 16353 2013: 17648 2014: 19253 2015: 21648 2016: 23414 2017: 25019 2018: 27855 2019: 30076 See also List of Norwegian newspapers Notes References External links Klassekampen Publications established in 1969 1969 establishments in Norway Workers' Communist Party (Norway) newspapers Norwegian-language newspapers Newspapers published in Oslo Daily newspapers published in Norway