''Stockholms-Tidningen'' ( Swedish: ''The Stockholm Times'') was a Swedish-language morning newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1889 and 1984 with an interruption from 1966 to 1981. It was one of the major dailies in the country together with ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the 1960s.

History and profile

''Stockholms-Tidningen'' was established by Anders Jeurling in 1889. The paper was based in Stockholm. During its early stage it had three editions: morning edition, evening edition and provincial edition. However, in 1890 only two editions continued. In order to gain larger readership the price of ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' was kept low, and its content included popular and concentrated news. The paper sold 10,000 copies in 1890 and 42,000 copies in 1894. It achieved a circulation more than 100,000 copies in 1900, becoming the first Swedish newspaper which exceeded that amount of circulation and was the first mass circulation paper in the country. The paper kept its high circulation levels in the 1920s. On 19 September 1931, '' Stockholms Dagblad'' merged with ''Stockholms-Tidningen''. The paper along with ''Stockholms Dagblad'', ''

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'' and ''Aftonbladet'' was purchased by Torsten Kreuger. Therefore, he became the owner of ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' and ''Aftonbladet'' in 1932. Both papers supported the

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under the ownership of Kreuger until 1956 when he sold them to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. Upon the ownership change ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' became a supporter of

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stance. E. B. Rinman, Sven O. Andersson and Anders Johansson are among the former

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of the daily. Else Kleen published

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-related articles in the paper from the 1910s to the 1950s under the

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of Gwen. Her articles were featured in the Sunday supplement of the paper. The paper also contained frequent film reviews. In 1966, just before its first closure, ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' switched its format to tabloid to increase its circulation, and Gunnar Fredriksson was appointed the editor-in-chief. However, these changes did not work, and the paper ceased publication on 27 February 1966. In October 1981 ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' was relaunched and was owned by the

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. However, it was closed down in 1984.

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