''Expo'' is a Swedish

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started in 1995 by

Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, sta ...

. It is issued by the

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Expo Foundation (''Stiftelsen Expo''). The magazine, issued four times a year, contains

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focused on

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, anti-democratic,

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, and

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movements and organisations. It also publishes articles and podcasts on the Internet on a more regular basis. The people responsible for ''Expo'' make no connections with specific organisations or political parties, but work together with individuals and organisations that share ''Expo''s platform. The chairman of the Expo Foundation is Charles Westin. The magazine is headquartered in

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History

, the author of the ''

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'' series of novels, was ''Expo''s co-founder and

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from 1995 until his death in 2004. Larsson's political and journalistic background in

far-left Far-left politics, also known as extreme left politics or left-wing extremism, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single, coherent definition; some ...

political activism including in '' Kommunistiska Arbetareförbundet'' (Communist Workers' League), and ''

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'', led him to found the Expo Foundation, similar to the British Searchlight Foundation, with the aim of "studying and mapping anti-democratic, right-wing extremist and racist tendencies in society". ''Expo'' became widely known in Sweden in June 1996 following a string of threats and attacks directed against companies printing and selling the magazine, and organisations supporting it. The words "Inget stöd till kommunist-Expo" (''No support for communist Expo'') were painted on the wall of the

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headquarters. In response, leading tabloid newspapers ''

Aftonbladet (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish language, Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lar ...

'' and ''

Expressen (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal, was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or " to your rescue". The newspaper awards the cultu ...

'' printed and distributed the June 1996 issue as a free supplement, with a circulation of around 800,000 copies. Financial pressures in 1998 forced the people responsible for ''Expo'' to cease publication of the magazine and replace it with a newsletter. In 1999, ''Expo'' was restarted as a part of the magazine '' Svartvitt''. When ''Svartvitt'' shut down in 2003, ''Expo'' returned to publication as an independent magazine. The foundation's chairman of the board since 2023 is Anne Ramberg. The editor-in-chief of ''Expo'' is Anna Fröjd (since 2019), while Daniel Poohl is CEO and publisher (''ansvarig utgivare''). In 2014 the circulation of the magazine was 3,500 copies. On 4 May 2016, the ''Expo'' photographer David Lagerlöf took an image of Tess Asplund, 42, with her fist raised against the leadership of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) in

Borlänge Borlänge () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Bor ...

, central Sweden.

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Expo Foundation
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