Sirene (magazine)

*Sirene*
Categories	Feminist magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	20,000 (1975)
Publisher	J.W. Cappelens Forlag (1973–1976)
Year founded	1973
Final issue	1983
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Sirene was a Norwegian feminist magazine, issued from 1973 to 1983.^[1]

History and profile

Sirene was launched in 1973.^[2] One of the founders was Bjørg Vik.^[2] The magazine was published by the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag from 1973 to 1976, and thereafter by a dedicated foundation. It had a circulation of 20,000 at its maximum in 1975.^[3]

In a thesis from 1978 at the University of Oslo, Turid Kleiva described Sirene as a feminist alternative to the traditional weekly magazines. The magazine did not have a dedicated editor, but was produced collectively by a group of editors. The editorial staff included Bjørg Vik, Bitten Modal, Ida Lou Larsen and others.^[4] Sirene's regular illustrators included Tonje Strøm.^[5] The magazine ended publication in 1983.^[6]

References

↑ Ingrid Birce Muftuoglu (2009). "The everyday campaign – personal and aesthetic expressions of protest in the 1970s Women's Movement in Norway" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
1 2 Jane Eldridge Miller (January 2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-415-15980-7. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sirene". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
↑ Kleiva, Turid (1978). "Sirene, eit feministisk alternativ til vekeblada" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tonje Strøm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
↑ Unni Langås; Lisbeth Larsson; Anne Birgitte Richard. "Out of natural history and into modernity". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

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[1] Ingrid Birce Muftuoglu (2009). "The everyday campaign – personal and aesthetic expressions of protest in the 1970s Women's Movement in Norway" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[jem-2] 1 2 Jane Eldridge Miller (January 2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-415-15980-7. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[snl-3] Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sirene". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[4] Kleiva, Turid (1978). "Sirene, eit feministisk alternativ til vekeblada" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[5] Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tonje Strøm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[6] Unni Langås; Lisbeth Larsson; Anne Birgitte Richard. "Out of natural history and into modernity". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 27 February 2017.