Folkbladet
{{About|the Swedish newspaper|the defunct Norwegian-American newspaper|Folkebladet}}
{{Short description|Daily local newspaper in Sweden}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
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| owner = NTM Group
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| foundation = 1905
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| language = Swedish
| ceased publication = 2024
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| headquarters = Norrköping
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| sister newspapers = Norrköpings Tidningar
| website = http://www.folkbladet.se/nyheter/
| ISSN = 1103-9272
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Folkbladet (Swedish: The People's Paper) was a Swedish-language newspaper published in Norrköping, Sweden. The paper was in circulation from 1905 to 2024.
History and profile
File:Folkbladet på Stohagsgatan i Norrköping.jpg
The paper was founded by workers with the name Östergötlands Folkblad in 1905.{{cite news|title=Om Folkbladet|url=http://www.folkbladet.se/nyheter/finspang/|access-date=4 February 2017|language=sv|work=Folkbladet}} In 1998 it was renamed Folkbladet. The paper was headquartered in Norrköping and owned by the Norrköping Tidningar AB (NTM Group).{{cite web
|title=Folkbladet Selects Neo|publisher=Anygraaf|url=http://www.anygraaf.com/anyusa/news/2011/2011_Folkbladet.htm|access-date=20 December 2014
|location=Sollentuna|date=29 November 2011}} The company acquired the paper in 2000.{{cite journal|author=Mart Ots|year=2012 |title=Competition, Collaboration and Cooperation: Swedish Provincial Newspaper Markets In Transition|pages=48,52|journal=Journal of Media Business Studies|volume=9|issue=2|doi=10.1080/16522354.2012.11073543|s2cid=168143084 }} Norrköpings Tidningar became its sister paper of following this acquisition.{{cite thesis|author=Christoffer Rydland|title=Aspects of Cooperation and Corporate Governance in the Swedish Regional Newspaper Industry|isbn=9789172588851|location=Stockholm School of Economics|degree=PhD|year=2013|citeseerx=10.1.1.691.9551}}
Before this transaction Folkbladet had a social democratic political stance.{{cite web|author=Phil Harris|title=Perceptions of political marketing in Sweden: a comparative perspective|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1093|publisher=University of Otago|access-date=14 May 2022|year=2002
|format=Discussion paper|display-authors=et. al.|hdl=10523/1093}} When it was a social democratic publication one of its contributors was Lars Stjernkvist, a social democrat politician and future secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.{{cite news|title=Lars Stjernkvist: "Jag har alltid trott på Gud"|work=Världen idag|url=https://www.varldenidag.se/reportage/lars-stjernkvist-jag-har-alltid-trott-pa-gud/repukD!2n8ieE1L69gmlQ6sVP8rqw|date=21 April 2022|access-date=30 July 2022|language=sv}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.folkbladet.se/nyheter/}}
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Category:1905 establishments in Sweden
Category:Mass media in Norrköping
Category:Daily newspapers published in Sweden
Category:Newspapers established in 1905
Category:Swedish-language newspapers
Category:20th-century establishments in Östergötland County
Category:21st-century disestablishments in Östergötland County