''Kaleva'' is a

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published in

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, Finland.

History and profile

''Kaleva'' was founded in 1899 by Juho Raappana. The owner of the paper is Kaleva Oy and its publisher is Kaleva publishing house. The paper is based in Oulu and is published in broadsheet format. Although ''Kaleva'' has a neutral stance and no political affiliation, the paper supported the Progress Party until 1953. Since 2015 Kyösti Karvonen has been serving as the

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of ''Kaleva''. In 2011 ''Kaleva'' published a report on the

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by the members of the

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, leading to public anger and the cancellation of

by nearly 200 readers.

Circulation

In 1993 ''Kaleva'' had a circulation of 95,118 copies. Its circulation was 83,151 copies in 2001. It had a circulation of 82,600 copies in 2003. The 2004 circulation of the paper was 82,566 copies and it was the fourth best-selling paper in the country. The same year the paper had a readership of 221,000. ''Kaleva'' had the fourth biggest circulation of seven-day newspapers in Finland with 82,000 copies in 2007. The circulation of the daily was 81,716 copies in 2008 and 80,826 copies in 2009. It fell to 78,216 copies in 2010 and to 74,787 copies in 2011. The circulation of the paper was 72,107 copies in 2012. The same year its website visited by 0.19 million people per week. In 2013 ''Kaleva'' had a circulation of 69,540 copies and was the sixth largest Finnish newspaper by circulation.

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{{Authority control 1899 establishments in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Mass media in Oulu Daily newspapers published in Finland Newspapers established in 1899