Folkbladet
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | NTM Group |
Founded | 1905 |
Language | Swedish |
Headquarters | Norrköping |
Country | Sweden |
Sister newspapers | Norrköpings Tidningar |
ISSN | 1103-9272 |
Website | http://www.folkbladet.se/nyheter/ |
Folkbladet (Swedish: The People's Paper) is a Swedish-language newspaper published in Norrköping, Sweden. The paper has been in circulation since 1905.
History and profile
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The paper was founded by workers with the name Östergötlands Folkblad in 1905.[1] In 1998 it was renamed Folkbladet.[1] The paper is headquartered in Norrköping and is owned by the Norrköping Tidningar AB (NTM Group).[2] The company acquired the paper in 2000.[3] Norrköpings Tidningar became its sister paper of following this acquisition.[4]
Before this transaction Folkbladet had a social democratic political stance.[5] When it was a social democratic publication one of its contributors was Lars Stjernkvist, a social democrat politician and future secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.[6]
In 2010 Folkbladet sold 6,500 copies.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Om Folkbladet". Folkbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Folkbladet Selects Neo". Sollentuna: Anygraaf. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ a b Mart Ots (2012). "Competition, Collaboration and Cooperation: Swedish Provincial Newspaper Markets In Transition". Journal of Media Business Studies. 9 (2): 48, 52. doi:10.1080/16522354.2012.11073543. S2CID 168143084.
- ^ Christoffer Rydland (2013). Aspects of Cooperation and Corporate Governance in the Swedish Regional Newspaper Industry (PhD thesis). Stockholm School of Economics. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.691.9551. ISBN 9789172588851.
- ^ Phil Harris; et al. (2002). "Perceptions of political marketing in Sweden: a comparative perspective" (Discussion paper). University of Otago. hdl:10523/1093. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Lars Stjernkvist: "Jag har alltid trott på Gud"". Världen idag (in Swedish). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.