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The Independent Barents Observer

Norwegian online newspaper
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Summary

The Independent Barents Observer is an online newspaper[1]. It draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (online newspaper category, ranking #57 of 199).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Norway[3]
  • Genre: online newspaper[4]
  • Headquarters location: Kirkenes[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6], Russian[7], Chinese[8]
  • Country of origin: Norway[9]
  • Inception: October 2015[10]
  • Official website: https://thebarentsobserver.com/[11]
  • Replaces: BarentsObserver[12]
  • Legal form: aksjeselskap[13]
  • Editor-in-chief: Thomas Nilsen[14]
  • Social media followers: 5930[15], 6550[16], 7650[17]

Why It Matters

The Independent Barents Observer is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Kirkenes Norway online newspaper

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . volkskrant.nl. volkskrant.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . volkskrant.nl. volkskrant.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · ~2026-37038-25 · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → The_Barents_Observer
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: The_Barents_Observer"
  2. 18w ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → Q29585660
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Industry: publishing of newspapers, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259351|batch #259351]]"
  3. 18w ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Norway
    Language of work or name → English, Russian, Chinese
    Official website → https://thebarentsobserver.com/
    Norwegian organisation number → 916104987
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Employees: 5, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259350|batch #259350]]"
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