''Anna'' is a women's magazine based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1963 it is one of the earliest women magazines in the country.

History and profile

''Anna'' was launched in 1963. The cover of the first issue which was published in August 1963 featured Johanna Toivonen, a Finnish

fashion model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thoug ...

and

stewardess A flight attendant, also known as steward/stewardess or air host/air hostess, is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft. Collectively called cabin crew, flight attendants are primar ...

. The magazine is part of Otava Media and published on a weekly basis. Its target audience is middle-class women. The magazine encourages the

emancipation of women Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

, and in the 1980s described itself as a feminist magazine. However, in 2013 a female journalist of the magazine was fired due to her negative writings about L'Oreal which was a major advertiser for the magazine. During this incident the

editor-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 the magazine was Emma Koivula who urged her to resign from the post. ''Anna'' focuses on the profiles of Finnish female politicians and also covers the international career path of Finnish fashion models.

Uma Aaltonen Ulla-Maija "Uma" Aaltonen (28 August 1940, Vihti – 13 July 2009, Helsinki) was a Finnish people, Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician. Early life and education Aaltonen was raised on a farm and learned to love animals ...

is one of the contributors of the magazine. In 2003 ''Anna'' sold 502,000 copies. As of 2008 the magazine had more than 100,000 readers.

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