''Weekendavisen'' (meaning ''The Weekend Newspaper'' in English) is a Danish weekly

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published on Fridays in Denmark. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover

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s outside Denmark. According to opinion polls, however, the actual number of readers is much higher (290,000 in 2007).

History

Until 1971 the Danish postal service distributed

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twice daily, in the morning and in the afternoon. When afternoon mail delivery was discontinued, ''Berlingske Aftenavis'' (''Berlingske Evening Newspaper''), which was the evening edition of the daily newspaper ''

Berlingske Tidende ''Berlingske'', previously known as ''Berlingske Tidende'' (, 'Berling's Times'), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen. It is considered a newspaper of record for Denmark. First published on 3 January 1749, ''Berlingske'' is ...

'', had to cease publication, and ''Weekendavisen'' came into existence as a replacement, known for the first several years as ''Weekendavisen Berlingske Aften''. The owner and publisher of the paper is the Berlingske Officin. ''Weekendavisens

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contains the original

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of ''Berlingske Tidende'', including the words " ANNO 1749", and its

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count begins in that year rather than in 1971 because its publishers and editors regard it as a continuation of the original ''Berlingske Tidende''.

Characteristics

''Weekendavisen'' is a

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newspaper containing in-depth analyses of

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and

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as well as extensive coverage of

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and

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s. The weekly covers matters of national and international rather than local interest. ''Weekendavisen'' is split into four sections each week: Society, Culture, Books and Ideas, which covers science-related news and articles.

Awards

''Weekendavisen'' presents the annual Weekendavisen Book Award. The nominees are selected by the newspaper's corps of literary critics and the final winner is selected by the readers.

Editors-in-chief

* 1950-1973: Otto Fog-Petersen * 1973-1978: Henning Fonsmark * 1978-1984: Frank Esmann * 1984-1987 Jørgen Schleimann * 1987-1992 Tøger Seidenfaden * 1992-1998 Peter Wivel * 1998-2017 Anne Knudsen * 2017- Martin Krasnik

References

External links

*
Official website
*
Information on ''Weekendavisen''
at the website of the paper's owner, the '' Berlingske Officin'' *
Information on ''Weekendavisen''
at the paper's own website
Denmark – Culture – Mass Media
– an overview of the history of the Danish press at the website of the

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