''Folket i Bild/Kulturfront'' (meaning ''Images of the People/Culture Front'' in English) is a Swedish magazine for reports, art, literature, debate and culture. It is published by the organization of the same name. The magazine is based in Stockholm.

History

''Folket i Bild'' (FiB, "people in pictures") was a Swedish illustrated news magazine (September 1934 -1963) owned by the

Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a social-d ...

. After it was sold to a commercial publisher in 1963, the name changed to ''FIB Aktuellt'' and it was remade into a gentlemen's magazine, gradually turning into pornography. As a reaction, the leftist-political ''Folket i Bild/Kulturfront'' (FiB/K) was founded in 1972. It was started on the initiative of the author

Jan Myrdal Jan Myrdal (19 July 1927 – 30 October 2020) was a Swedish author known for his strident Maoist, anti-imperialist and contrarian views and heterodox and highly subjective style of autobiography. Family Born in Bromma, Stockholm, in 1927, Jan ...

. Its being was partly co-funded by the famous Swedish author

Vilhelm Moberg Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his series ''The Emigrants''. The four ...

and by handouts from factories and other places were the Swedish workers were. The magazine arose to fame because of the scoop in the 1970s by

Jan Guillou Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (, ; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Pet ...

and

Peter Bratt Peter Bratt (born 29 April 1944) is a Swedish journalist. For many years he worked for the national Swedish newspaper ''Dagens Nyheter'' until he quit 2003. The IB affair Peter Bratt revealed Informationsbyrån together with Jan Guillou in the ...

, who uncovered Informationsbyrån, run by the then ruling Swedish Social Democratic Party, and its connections to American and Israeli spy and intelligence organizations. The paper had a big campaign against the new constitution of Sweden in 1973 and 1974, gathering many conservative lawyers and legal experts around the paper. The profile was often said to be "maoist". However, rightists were members of the organization and the paper crew, ever since the beginning. Several famous journalists and authors have been members of the organization and staff, such as

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of ...

, Jan Guillou, Gun Kessle and Göran Rosenberg.

Purpose

The stated aims of the magazine are: # To work for the improvement in the culture of the people. # To work for free speech. # To work against imperialism.

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