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''Folkbladet'' (
The paper was founded by workers with the name ''Östergötlands Folkblad'' in 1905. In 1998 it was renamed ''Folkbladet''. The paper is headquartered in Norrköping and is owned by the Norrköping Tidningar AB (NTM Group). The company acquired the paper in 2000. '' Norrköpings Tidningar'' became its sister paper of following this acquisition. Before this transaction ''Folkbladet'' had a social democratic political stance. During this period one of the contributors was
Swedish
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: ''The People's Paper'') is a Swedish-language newspaper published in Norrköping
Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...
, Sweden. The paper has been in circulation since 1905.
History and profile
The paper was founded by workers with the name ''Östergötlands Folkblad'' in 1905. In 1998 it was renamed ''Folkbladet''. The paper is headquartered in Norrköping and is owned by the Norrköping Tidningar AB (NTM Group). The company acquired the paper in 2000. '' Norrköpings Tidningar'' became its sister paper of following this acquisition. Before this transaction ''Folkbladet'' had a social democratic political stance. During this period one of the contributors was Lars Stjernkvist
Lars Stjernkvist (born 1955) is a Swedish politician and journalist. He served as the secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic Party between 1982 and 1992. He also served at the Parliament from 1991 and 1998.
Biography
Stjernkvist was ...
, a social democrat politician and future secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
In 2010 ''Folkbladet'' sold 6,500 copies.
See also
*List of Swedish newspapers
The number of newspapers in Sweden was 235 in 1919. It decreased to 125 papers in the mid-1960s. In 2009 the number of the newspapers in the country was 90.
This is a list of Swedish-language newspapers with their respective cities of publicatio ...
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Folkbladet 1905 establishments in Sweden Mass media in Norrköping Daily newspapers published in Sweden Newspapers established in 1905 Swedish-language newspapers