''Åbo Underrättelser'' is a

Swedish language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countr ...

newspaper published in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

( sv, Åbo),

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

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''Åbo Underrättelser'' is the oldest newspaper still in print in Finland, founded by Christian Ludvig Hjelt in 1823. The first edition of the paper was published on 3 January 1824. ''Åbo Underrättelser'' is published five times per week, from Tuesday to Saturday, and has its headquarters in Turku (''Åbo'' in Swedish). The newspaper's primary readership consists of Swedish-speakers in

and

Åboland Åboland ( fi, Turunmaa) is a sub-region in the archipelago of the Southwest Finland region in south-western Finland. Åboland and Turunmaa are also informal names of the region, but in this context Särkisalo ( sv, Finby) is normally included ...

. IThe paper sold 7,562 copies in 2009.

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''Åbo Underrättelser'' websiteThe Finnish Historical Newspaper Library 1771-1910
- on-line library from 1824 to 1910 {{DEFAULTSORT:Abo Underrattelser 1823 establishments in Finland Daily newspapers published in Finland Mass media in Turku Publications established in 1823 Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland

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