''Seura'' is a
Finnish
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* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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magazine published 49 issues per year in Helsinki, Finland and has been in circulation since 1934.
History and profile
The first issue of ''Seura'' was published in 1934
by Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet.
[ A sample issue was published in the previous year.
The magazine is part of the Otava Group][ and its publisher is Otavamedia. The magazine targets family-oriented women in their 40s or older][ The headquarters of the magazine is in Helsinki.][
''Seura'' mostly covers articles on education, ]parenting
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, health issues, food, travelling, and world affairs. It lost its market share to magazines that concentrate on celebrity gossip. Jari Lindholm was appointed as editor-in-chief
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in September 2004 to regain market share. Lindholm resigned on 14 April 2006 after failing to improve circulation. The current editor-in-chief is Erkki Meriluoto.
On 15 April 2005 ''Seura'' printed a story about Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Matti Vanhanen
Matti Taneli Vanhanen (; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party and President of the European Council in 2006. In his earlier career, he ...
's and Minister of Culture Tanja Karpela
Tanja Tellervo Karpela
(''née'' Vienonen; ''previously'' Karpela and Saarela; born 22 August 1970) is a Finnish former politician. As a beauty queen, she was Miss Finland in 1991. She was a Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2011 and served in ...
's common night in a hotel room. The story was based on an anonymous source and was dismissed as "slimy gossip".
Circulation
''Seura'' had a circulation of 189,600 copies in 2007. The 2010 circulation of the magazine was 165,051 copies. Its circulation was 158,720 copies in 2011 and 143,385 copies in 2012.
See also
* List of magazines in Finland
The first magazine in Finland, a Swedish-language women's magazine named ''Om Konsten at rätt behaga'', was published in 1782. The number of the Finnish magazines was about 1,200 in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the circulation of magazines increased, ...
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1934 establishments in Finland
Finnish-language magazines
Magazines established in 1934
Magazines published in Helsinki
Women's magazines published in Finland