''Skånska Dagbladet'' is a newspaper based in Malmö, Sweden, that has been in circulation since 1888.

History and profile

''Skånska Dagbladet'' was established in 1888, and its headquarters is in Malmö. The Skånska Dagbladet AB is the publisher of ''Skånska Dagbladet''. During the initial period the paper had four pages with six columns each. In the first quarter of the century the paper was acquired by the Agrarian Party. ''Skånska Dagbladet'' is close to the Centre Party. The paper is published in

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Circulation

At the beginning of the twentieth century its circulation expanded, being one-twentieth of the entire Swedish daily newspaper circulation. In the mid-1930s ''Skånska Dagbladet'' managed to sell more copies than the other Malmö papers '' Arbetet'' and '' Sydsvenska Dagbladet''. However, it lost its position towards the mid-1950s. In 2002 ''Skånska Dagbladet'' was the eighth best-selling newspaper with a circulation of 43,600 copies. It was the eighth largest newspaper in Sweden in terms of readership in 2009.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skanska Dagbladet 1888 establishments in Sweden Daily newspapers published in Sweden Mass media in Malmö Newspapers established in 1888 Swedish-language newspapers 19th-century establishments in Malmöhus County