Altaposten was founded in 1969, and its first editor was
Øystein Dalland. From 1988
Ulf Jørgensen edited the newspaper, and since 2001 the
editor-in-chief has been
Rolf Edmund Lund.
Altaposten was the owner of the
Sami newspaper
Áššu until its merge with
Min Áigi to form
Ávvir, which is owned by
Altaposten together with
Finnmark Dagblad.
Altaposten had a circulation of 4,793 copies in 2012. The 2013 circulation of the paper was 4,535 copies. ==References==