''Etelä-Suomen Sanomat'' (meaning ''South Finland News'' in English; nickname ''Etlari'') is a Finnish

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 ...

published in

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...

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 is the leading paper in its metropolitan area.Etelä-Suomen Sanomat mukaan lehtikoalitioon
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Keskisuomalainen ''Keskisuomalainen'' is a daily Finnish language newspaper published in Jyväskylä, serving central Finland (''Keski-Suomi'' means Central Finland). Its parent company Keskisuomalainen Oyj owns nearly 80 newspapers. History and profile ''Kesk ...

'' (in Finnish), 24 April 2009Europa World Year Book 1
p. 1652 (Europa Publications Ltd 2004) () (listing paper as principal paper in Lahti)

History and profile

''Etelä-Suomen Sanomat'' began publishing in 1914.Päijäthämäläisen sanomalehden 110 vuotta
''Etelä-Suomen Sanomat'' (in Finnish), 16 April 2010 (a history of the paper and its predecessors) The paper originated from the prior ''Lahden Lehti'' (1900–1909) and ''Lahden Sanomat'' (1909–1914) newspapers.Tästä on hyvä jatkaa
''Etelä-Suomen Sanomat'' (in Finnish), 16 April 2010 (commentary from the paper's editor, Heikki Hakala) The paper has a

liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

editorial stance. Heikki Hakala has served as

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since 1996.A new perspective for improving Finnish health care - Speakers
, Sitra.fi, Retrieved 3 August 2010 (includes brief biographical paragraph on Hakala)

Circulation

The circulation of ''Etelä-Suomen Sanomat'' began to grow during the 1940s. Its circulation was 67,185 copies in 2001. The 2004 circulation of the paper was 62,155 copies. The same year the paper had a readership of 145,000. The paper had a circulation of 60,889 copies. In 2007 the circulation of the paper was 61,003 copies. In 2009 its circulation was 60,420 copies. Its circulation was 56,616 copies in 2011. The circulation of the paper was 51,537 copies in 2013.

Chief editors

*Oskar Marjanen 1914 *Kaarlo Kytömaa 1914–1915 *Jaakko Tervo 1915–1920 *Jalmari Niemi 1920–1927 *William Ilmoni 1927–1932 *Frans Keränen 1932–1962 *Tauno Lahtinen 1962–1983 *Olli Järvinen 1962–1973 *Eeva Rissanen 1972–1986 *Kauko Mäenpää 1984–1999 *Pentti Vuorio 1986–1995 *Heikki Hakala 1997–2014 *Perttu Kauppinen 2015–2018 *Markus Pirttijoki 2019–

References

External links

Official site
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