''Jakobstads Tidning'' (abbr. JT) was a

Swedish language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the G ...

regional

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in Finland published between 1898 and 2008.

History and profile

''Jakobstads Tidning'' was first published on 21 December 1898 originally as a weekly newspaper. In 2000, ''JT'' became a daily newspaper, having previously been published six times a week. Its headquarters was located in

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; , ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Jakobstad is situated in Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Jakobstad is approximately , while the Jako ...

with local offices located in

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and

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. In 1996 the paper had a circulation of 11,972 copies. ''JTs circulation was 12,130 copies, most of which were sold in Jakobstad and surrounding regions in northern Ostrobothnia. In 2008 it merged with ''Österbottningen'' to form ''

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''. At the time of the merge, ''Jakobstads Tidning'' was the third largest Swedish-language newspaper in Finland in terms of circulation, behind ''

Hufvudstadsbladet ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' (abbr. ''HBL'') is the highest-circulation Swedish language, Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "Jo ...

'' and ''

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''.

References

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