Dølen (Vinstra)

Dølen (The Dalesman) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Vinstra in Innlandet county. It is not affiliated with any political party. The newspaper covers events in the central Gudbrand Valley in the municipalities of Ringebu, Sør-Fron, and Nord-Fron. The editorship is based in Vinstra, and the newspaper contains material in both Bokmål and Nynorsk. The newspaper was first published on July 31, 1997, and it is issued once a week, on Tuesdays.

The motto of the newspaper is "For døl og dal" (For dalesman and valley). The paper is a member of the National Association of Local Newspapers and Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, and it had a circulation of 3,839 as of December 31, 2014.

The editor of the newspaper is Bjørn Kjellsson Sletten. Sletten will be replaced by a successor in September 2017.

Circulation
According to the Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations and National Association of Local Newspapers, Dølen has had the following annual circulation:
 * 2004: 3,501
 * 2005: 3,561
 * 2006: 3,943
 * 2007: 4,242
 * 2008: 4,325
 * 2009: 4,239
 * 2010: 4,292
 * 2011: 4,190
 * 2012: 4,056
 * 2013: 3,973
 * 2014: 3,839
 * 2015: 3,851
 * 2016: 3,732