''Borgåbladet'' was a Swedish language

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that was published five times a week from the town of

Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...

( sv, Borgå) in

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 ...

. It was the third oldest newspaper in Finland.

History and profile

''Borgåbladet'' was founded in 1860. The paper was published in Swedish language and was owned by a foundation, Konstsamfundet. Its publisher was the KSF Media which also publishes ''

Västra Nyland ''Västra Nyland'' is a regional Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. The name of the newspaper translates into "The western part of the Nyland region (of Finland)", this region also being the area where the newspaper is circulated. The newspap ...

'', ''

Östra Nyland ''Östra Nyland'' (meaning "Eastern Nyland" in English) was a Swedish-language newspaper published in Loviisa in Finland. History and profile The newspaper was founded in 1881, and it was the world's easternmost Swedish-language newspaper. T ...

'', '' Hangötidningen'', ''

Hufvudstadsbladet ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' (abbr. ''Hbl'') is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "Journal of the Capi ...

'' and '' Loviisan Sanomat''. ''Borgåbladet'' was published five times per week and its headquarters were in Porvoo. The circulation of ''Borgåbladet'' was 9,020 copies in 1996. The paper had a circulation of 7,798 copies in 2010 and 7,523 copies in 2011. In January 2015, ''Borgåbladet'' and ''Östra Nyland'' were amalgamated into the new newspaper '' Östnyland''.Borgåbladet
at ''Uppslagverket Finland'' (in Swedish).

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''Borgåbladet''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borgabladet 1860 establishments in Finland Newspapers established in 1860 Daily newspapers published in Finland Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland Mass media in Porvoo Publications disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Finland