Soerabaijasch Handelsblad

The ''Soerabaijasch Handelsblad'' ("Surabaya Commercial Paper") was a Dutch-language broadsheet in Surabaya, in what was then the Dutch East Indies. It was published by Kolff and Company.

Newspapers in Surabaya date to 1836, when the Dutch-language ''Soerabaijasch Advertentieblad'' was published. ''Soerabaijasch Handelsblad'' was established in 1853, under the name ''De Oostpost'' ("The Eastern Post"); it was the second newspaper published in Surabaya. Although the initial publication was limited to advertisements, the newspaper eventually began including news and items of general interest, including film and book reviews.See, for instance,

The name was changed in 1865 to ''Soerabaijasch Handelsblad'', which remained in use until the newspaper was shut down in 1942, following the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. Although for most of its existence the newspaper was dated using the Gregorian calendar, from 17 May to 6 June 1942 (during the occupation, which lasted until 1945) it used the Japanese ''kōki'' (皇紀) calendar.

The ''Soerabaijasch Handelsblad'' was reestablished in 1945 as the ''Nieuwe Courant'' ("New Courant"); through 1946 it was billed as the official newspaper of the Allied Military Administration-Civil Affairs Branch, a semi-military organization tasked with restoring Dutch colonial administration and law in the recently proclaimed Republic of Indonesia, which claimed most of the Indies. This publication lasted until 1951, when it was renamed the ''Nieuw Soerabaiasch Handelsblad''. The newspaper was ultimately shut down in 1957.

The Dutch newspaper archive Delpher.nl provides access to scans of the ''Soerabaijasch Handelsblad'' from two periods, 1865–1908 and 1929–1942. Scanning of this material was completed by the National Library of the Netherlands.

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Dutch-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Surabaya
1853 establishments in the Dutch East Indies
1942 disestablishments in the Dutch East Indies
1945 establishments in Indonesia
1957 disestablishments in Indonesia
Defunct companies of the Dutch East Indies
Defunct companies of Indonesia
Publications established in 1853
Publications disestablished in 1957