 The paper served as a model for the Amsterdam-based "Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden".An appreciable difference between "Deutsche Zeitung in Norwegen" and "Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden" was their divergent readership; the former was predominantly read by German soldiers in Norway, whilst the latter chiefly had a civilian readership.A competing newspaper in Norway was the "Wacht im Norden", that was distributed free of charge to soldiers.