''Dagsposten'' (

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 ...

: ''The Daily Mail'') was a Fascist daily newspaper which was published in Stockholm, Sweden, in the period of 1941 and 1951. Its subtitle was ''Tidning för nationell politik och kultur'' (Swedish: ''Newspaper for national politics and culture'').

History and profile

''Dagsposten'' was established by the

National League of Sweden The National Youth League of Sweden ( sv, Sveriges nationella ungdomsförbund ; SNU) was the first youth organisation of the General Electoral Union of Sweden. It was dislodged from its mother party in 1934 due to its pro-Nazi stance. It was the ...

in Stockholm in 1941. The group received financial support from

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to launch the paper of which the first issue appeared in December 1941, and this support continued throughout

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. Swedish teacher and historian Gustaf Jacobson also financed the establishment of the paper. Due to allegations about the financial support from

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the security police began an investigation and found the evidence of the support. Then a lawsuit was filed against 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 paper, T. Telander, its foreign editor Rütger Essén and finance director Colonel H. Laurell, Berlin correspondent E. Gernandt and the chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in Stockholm. The paper continued his support for the Nazis until 1951 when it folded. Rütger Essén, a Swedish political scientist, was one of the editors-in-chief of ''Dagsposten''.

References

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