''Kymen Sanomat'' (KySa) is a

Finnish language Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedis ...

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 ...

published in the

Kymenlaakso Kymenlaakso ( sv, Kymmenedalen; " Kymi/Kymmene Valley") is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, South Savo and South Karelia and Russia (Leningrad Oblast). Its name means literally ''The Valley of River Kym ...

region of

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 ...

History and profile

The newspaper was established in 1902. ''Kymen Sanomat'' has its editorial headquarters in

Kotka Kotka (; ; la, Aquilopolis) is a city in the southern part of the Kymenlaakso province on the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is a major port and industrial city and also a diverse school and cultural city, which was formerly part of the old Kymi parish ...

. The paper is published in Hamina. The publisher is Sanoma Lehtimedia Oy which also publishes ''

Etelä-Saimaa ''Etelä-Saimaa'' is a morning broadsheet daily newspaper published in Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden t ...

'' and ''Uutisvuoksi''. In 1991 ''Kymen Sanomat'' merged with ''Kotkan Sanomat''. ''Kymen Sanomat'' had approximately 62,000 readers in 2007. The paper had a circulation of 24,216 copies in 2009.Levikintarkastus.fi

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External links

Official site
1902 establishments in Finland Publications established in 1902 Daily newspapers published in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Mass media in Kotka {{Finland-newspaper-stub