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

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newspaper 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 mail 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'', 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

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. ''Weekendavisens logo contains the original coat of arms of ''Berlingske Tidende'', including the words "

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1749", and its volume 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 highbrow newspaper containing in-depth analyses of society and politics as well as extensive coverage of literature and fine arts. 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

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. 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:

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* 1978-1984:

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* 1984-1987

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* 1987-1992 Tøger Seidenfaden * 1992-1998

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* 1998-2017

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* 2017-

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References

External links

*
Official website
*
Information on ''Weekendavisen''
at the website of the paper's owner, the ''

Berlingske Officin Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S)Berlingske Media website in English
is a Dan ...

'' *
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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