''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'' (GHT) was a daily newspaper published in

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, Sweden, from 1832 to 1985.

History and profile

''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'' was founded in 1832 by publisher Magnus Prytz and had a liberal alignment from the later part of the 19th century after

Sven Adolf Hedlund Sven Adolf Hedlund (24 February 1821 – 16 September 1900), also known as S. A. Hedlund, was a Swedish newspaper publisher and politician. He was editor-in-chief of ''Göteborgs Handels- och sjöfartstidning'' and served as a Member of the ...

became editor in 1852.John Solheim
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''. Retrieved 30 June 2013 The author

Viktor Rydberg Abraham Viktor Rydberg (; 18 December 182821 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895. "Primarily a classical idealist", Viktor Rydberg has been described as "Sweden's last Romantic" and by 1859 wa ...

worked for the newspaper and several of his novels were published as series in the paper. During

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, ''GHT'' was one of few Swedish newspapers that held a decidedly anti-

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profile, which made its editor-in-chief (since 1917)

Torgny Segerstedt Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945) was a Swedish professor and scholar of comparative religion, who later became editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning''. He is most remembered for ...

a controversial figure in neutral Sweden. The Norwegian illustrator Ragnvald Blix became known for his anti-Nazi caricatures published in the paper during that time under the pseudonym "Stig Höök". The paper ceased publication in 1985 (but was only published weekly 1973–1984).

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