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''Östersunds-Posten'', simply ''ÖP'', is a Swedish language local newspaper published in
Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...
, Sweden. The paper has been in circulation since 1877.


History and profile

''Östersunds-Posten'' was established in 1877. Its headquarters is in Östersund. The Erfa-group was the owner of the paper until 1975 when it was acquired by the Centertidningar, a media company owned by the Center Party. The paper was sold to a newspaper consortium, including the companies of Stampen, Mittmedia, and Eskilstunakuriren and became part of MittMedia Förvaltning AB. The political leaning of ''Östersunds-Posten'' is center-right. The paper was published in broadsheet format until Fall 2004 when it began to be published in half Nordic format. It has a weekend supplement, ''Lørdag''. The paper started its website in 1994. In 2005 ''Östersunds-Posten'' was named as the Europe's Best Designed Newspaper and awarded the European Newspaper Award in the category of local newspapers.


Circulation

In 2010 ''Östersunds-Posten'' sold 26,400 copies. The circulation of the paper fell to 23,400 copies in 2012 and to 21,800 copies in 2013.


See also

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List of Swedish newspapers The number of newspapers in Sweden was 235 in 1919. It decreased to 125 papers in the mid-1960s. In 2009 the number of the newspapers in the country was 90. This is a list of Swedish-language newspapers with their respective cities of publicatio ...


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External links


Official website
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