''Aktuellt i Politiken'' (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: ''Current Issues in Politics''; abbreviated as ''AiP'') is a Swedish language political and news publication which is one of the media outlets of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

. It has been in circulation since 1953.

History and profile

''AiP'' was established by

Sven Aspling Sven Aspling (1912–2000) was a Swedish social democrat politician who served as the general secretary of the Social Democratic Party and minister of health and social affairs. He was also a long-term member of the Swedish Parliament for the par ...

in 1953 with the title ''Aktuellt i Politik och Samhälle''. It has been part of AiP Media Produktion AB since 1999, a publishing company owned by the Swedish Social Democratic Party. Until 1992 ''AiP'' was published 20 issues per year. Then the frequency was switched to weekly. The paper contains news, reports, analyses and comments. The

editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of ''AiP'' include Åke Fors, Sven Dahlin, Macke Nilsson, Nils Hillén,

Enn Kokk Enn Kokk (19 June 1937 – 19 August 2019) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, journalist and writer. Kokk was born in Juminda, Estonia and his family fled to Sweden in 1944. For many decades, Kokk was active within the leadership of the ...

, Håkan Quisth,

Peter Hultqvist Carl Anders ''Peter'' Hultqvist (born 31 December 1958) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats who served as the Minister for Defence in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2022. Background Born in 1958, Hultqvist is of Finnish descen ...

, Ove Andersson, Eric Sundström, Jan Söderström and Fredrik Kornebäck. Since July 2019 Maria Persson has been the editor-in-chief and publisher of ''AiP'', and Daniel Färm has been the director since 1 January 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aktuellt i Politiken 1953 establishments in Sweden Magazines established in 1953 Magazines published in Stockholm News magazines published in Sweden Political magazines published in Sweden Swedish-language magazines Swedish Social Democratic Party Weekly magazines published in Sweden