from its establishment the newspaper was a supporter of businessman and politician christian michelsen, and eventually also a supporter for his new political party, the liberal left party. later the newspaper became a supporter for the conservative party. during world war ii "morgenavisen" had installed a nazi editor. from 1942 "morgenavisen" and "bergens tidende" were the only two remaining newspapers in bergen, as "bergens aftenblad" and "dagen" ceased publication. three other major newspapers published in bergen, "gula tidend", "arbeidet" and "bergens arbeiderblad", had stopped earlier in the war. "gula tidend" stopped its publication already on 10 april 1940. the communist newspaper "arbeidet" was forbidden from august 1940, and "bergens arbeiderblad" was forbidden from 4 january 1941.