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550 journalists in Norway (September 2026)

550 journalists are on file in Norway, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 467 are reporters and 55 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

550 Journalists on file
467 Reporters
55 Editors
0.12 Editors per reporter

Norway has 0.12 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Norway
Reporters 467 84.9%
Editors 55 10.0%
Columnists 8 1.5%
Other editorial 8 1.5%
Anchors and presenters 7 1.3%
Correspondents 3 0.5%
Critics and reviewers 2 0.4%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

62 of the 550 journalists on file in Norway carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 12 19.4%
Finance and markets 11 17.7%
Foreign affairs 8 12.9%
Economics 7 11.3%
Business 4 6.5%
Culture and arts 3 4.8%
Investigative 3 4.8%
Politics 3 4.8%
Crime and courts 2 3.2%
Entertainment 2 3.2%
Technology 2 3.2%
AI 1 1.6%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Norway

OutletTypeJournalists in NorwayAll journalists on file
Aftenposten Newspapers 155 158
TV 2 Broadcasters 152 155
Dagens Næringsliv Newspapers 72 74
Stavanger Aftenblad Newspapers 68 68
Finansavisen Newspapers 38 38
Viaplay Group Broadcasters 11 53
ABC Startsiden As Online outlets 6 6
Discovery Inc Broadcasters 6 192
Document Media As Newspapers 4 5
TV 2 Danmark Broadcasters 3 265
Bloomberg Online outlets 2 1,785
The Economist Magazines 2 257
NEP Group, Inc. Broadcasters 2 16
Newsner Newspapers 2 14
Palgrave Macmillan Newspapers 2 86
Financial Times Newspapers 2 595
Tek.No Newspapers 2 2
BBC Broadcasters 1 3,935
Dvb Project Broadcasters 1 2
ESPN Broadcasters 1 957

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Norway, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 550 journalists in Norway, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/norway/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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