''Sosialurin'' is a Faroese newspaper located in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of th ...

. It is written in the

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. The newspaper, in partnership with

Føroya Tele Føroya Tele P/f (FT) is the public telecommunications company in the Faroe Islands. It is one of the largest companies in the country with 230 employees and an annual turnover of around €40 million. The head office is in Tórshavn Municipality ...

, the Faroese public telecommunications company, operates the websit
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History

The newspaper published its first copy on 27 May 1927, as the ''Føroya Social Demokrat'', and originally it was associated with the

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. From 1945 to 1955 the newspaper circulated under the name ''Føroya Sosial-Demokratur''. In 2006 the ''Social Democratic Party'' sold their part of the shares to a new company, Miðlahúsið, that was owned by the newspaper's management, employees and

Circulation

Sosialurin sold 7,300 copies daily as of 2000, and was the second largest newspaper in the Faroe Islands after ''

Dimmalætting ''Dimmalætting'' (Faroese language, Faroese for 'Dawn') is the oldest and largest newspaper of the Faroe Islands and is based in Tórshavn. The first edition of the ''Dimma'', as it is commonly known, appeared (after a test issue on December 8, 1 ...

''.

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External links

sosialurin.fo
{{in lang, fo 1927 establishments in the Faroe Islands Newspapers published in the Faroe Islands Newspapers established in 1927

History

Circulation

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