Founding and heyday Conservative Press Association

christian friele honorary member of association, despite not attending of meetings.

the conservative press association established on 29 august 1892 in headquarters of norwegian order of freemasons, nils vogt , amandus schibsted initiators. not first press association in norway; norwegian journalist association had erstwhile been established on 24 january 1883. vogt elected first chairman, , served in position until 1906, apart interruption 1898 1906. editor of morgenbladet, christian friele, honorary member of association, despite not attending of meetings. in 1894, liberal press association (norwegian: venstres presseforening) established. despite irreconcilable political positions, 2 press associations cooperated extensively; in 1899 issued leaflet on norway s political position in dissolution of personal union sweden in 1905.

the association championed riksmål standard of written norwegian , opposed samnorsk line. chairman thorstein diesen was, however, ambivalent approach; maintained endeavour riksmål standard ought not become conservative cause.

at conservative party s national convention in 1893, decided press association send own delegation future national conventions. @ 1908 convention, amandus schibsted suggested central board of party grant chief editors of press association access party s national conventions. suggestion adopted; editors thereupon access national conventions on same conditions members of parliament.

in 1930s, called unification of conservative newspapers in country. rolv werner erichsen, ardent conservative, established office administration of conservative party s newspapers in 1935. located in editorial office of morgenbladet newspaper , distributed news material newspapers subscribed office s deliveries. in late 1930s, association remained sceptical towards fascism , naziism, , argued against creating affinities between conservative newspapers, nasjonal samling , fatherland league. opposed proposals encroach free speech.