''Helsingborgs Dagblad'' (''HD'', lit. "Helsingborg's Daily Paper"), published in

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...

in Skåne is the largest (circ. 84.000)

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in Swedish outside the metropolitan districts of

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and Stockholm.

History and profile

The newspaper was founded with the name of ''Helsingborgs Tidning'' on 1 October 1867. It began to use its current name, ''Helsingborgs Dagblad'', in 1884. The paper has its headquarters in Helsingborg. During its initial period ''Helsingborgs Tidning'' was a moderate publication. However, during

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the paper had a pro-German, anti-communist and nationalistic political stance, but it did not adopt a pro-Nazi approach. In January 2001, the newspaper merged with '' Nordvästra Skånes Tidningar'' and is today published in three different local editions with separate names. In 2006, the paper changed its format from traditional broadsheet to tabloid following a general trend among daily newspapers. In 2000 Helsingborgs Dagblad was, as the first Swedish newspaper ever, named The World’s Best-Designed Newspaper by the international organization Society of News Design. In 2012 it was named as Sweden's best newspaper. On 23 April 2014, '' Sydsvenskan'' acknowledged that they wanted to buy ''HD''. A strong reason was reported to be that both newspapers had seen their ad revenue decrease heavily. They reached a deal in the end of May and the Swedish Competition Authority approved it around two weeks after. While ''Sydsvenskan'' has a soft paywall, it is not yet decided if ''HD'' will also have one.

References

External links

hd.se website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Helsingborgs Dagblad 1867 establishments in Sweden Newspapers established in 1867 Daily newspapers published in Sweden Swedish-language newspapers Dagblad Bonnier Group Swedish news websites Companies based in Helsingborg 19th-century establishments in Skåne County