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''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily
Retrieved 2022-08-21 Opinion leaders often choose ''Dagens Nyheter'' as the venue for publishing major opinion editorials. The stated position of the editorial page is "independently
''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
in Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. It is published in Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record
A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and include some of the o ...
.
History and profile
''Dagens Nyheter'' was founded byRudolf Wall
Axel Rudolf Mauritz Wall (19 January 1826 – 20 August 1893) was a Swedish publisher and journalist who founded ''Dagens Nyheter'' in 1864.
Biography
Wall was born at Sevalla in Västmanland County, Sweden.
He was the son of the merchant ...
in December 1864.
The first issue was published on 23 December 1864. During its initial period the paper was published in the morning. In 1874 the paper became a joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are ...
. Its circulation in 1880 was 15,000 copies. In the 1890s, Wall left ''Dagens Nyheter'' and soon after, the paper became the organ of the Liberal Party. From 1946 to 1959, Herbert Tingsten
Herbert Lars Gustaf Tingsten (17 March 1896 – 26 December 1973) was a Swedish political scientist, writer and newspaper publisher. An influential figure in Swedish political science, he was a professor of political science at Stockholm Unive ...
was the executive editor.
The newspaper is owned by the Bonnier Group since 1909, when Karl Otto Bonnier acquired the remaining shares that his family
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''His Family'' tells the story of ...
had not owned (his father Albert
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had already acquired some shares since 1888).Ketupa.net: Bonniergruppen-kronologiRetrieved 2022-08-21 Opinion leaders often choose ''Dagens Nyheter'' as the venue for publishing major opinion editorials. The stated position of the editorial page is "independently
liberal
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". However, it left its formal alliance with the liberal establishment in the country in 1972.
Location
''Dagens Nyheter'' operates from the so-called "DN-skrapan" (the DN skyscraper orDagens Nyheter Tower
The Dagens Nyheter Tower, called DN-Skrapan (DN-Skyscraper) in Sweden, is an office building in the Kungsholmen district of Stockholm, Sweden. It is eighty four metres (276 ft.) tall and has 27 floors, none of which are underground. It was ...
) in Stockholm. This was completed in 1964 and was designed by the architect Paul Hedqvist
Paul Hedqvist (21 July 1895 Stockholm - 23 June 1977) was a Swedish modernist architect with many official commissions in Sweden through the 1930s, including housing projects, major bridges, many schools, and urban planning work. His practice ev ...
. It is 84 metres (276 feet) tall and has 27 floors. In 1996, the entire enterprise moved to its current location on Gjörwellsgatan, which is adjacent to the old tower. The newspaper ''Expressen
''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue".
...
'', also owned by the Bonnier Group, is located in this building as well.
Circulation
In the 1960s the circulation of ''Dagens Nyheter'' was much higher than that of other Swedish dailies. The paper has the largest circulation among the Swedish morning newspapers followed by '' Göteborgs-Posten'' and ''Svenska Dagbladet
''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
History and profile
The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...
'', and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the entire country. In 2001 its circulation was 361,000 copies. The 2004 circulation of the paper was 363,000 copies. The circulation of the paper was 363,100 copies in weekdays in 2005 and had dropped to 292,300 copies in 2010. In 2013, the print edition of ''Dagens Nyheter'' had a circulation of 282,800 copies, reaching an approximate 758,000 persons every day. The web edition had on average roughly 1.5 million unique visitors per week during 2013.
See also
*List of newspapers in Sweden
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 publication ...
References
External links
* in Swedish {{DEFAULTSORT:Dagens Nyheter 1864 establishments in Sweden Bonnier Group Daily newspapers published in Sweden Newspapers published in Stockholm Publications established in 1864 Swedish-language newspapers Swedish news websites