''Stockholms-Posten'' (literary: 'The Stockholm Post') was a Swedish newspaper, published between 20 October 1778 and 1833. It belonged to the biggest papers in Swedish press during its publication, and is known for its influence upon contemporary Swedish culture.

History

''Stockholms-Posten'' was founded by the poet

Johan Henric Kellgren Johan Henrik Kellgren (1 December 1751 – 20 April 1795) was a Swedish poet and critic. Biography He was born at Floby in Västergötland (now part of Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County). He studied at the Royal Academy of Turku, ...

, the book printer Johan Christopher Holmberg (1743–1810) and Carl Peter Lenngren (1750–1827), an official at the

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. From 1779, it was published every day except Sundays. The paper, as was common in the contemporary press, relied heavily on articles written by the readers by

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, which was common in a period when papers seldom had any permanent staff of journalists. It selected its articles successfully, and while most papers in this period became temporary, ''Stockholms-Posten'' became successful and has been called "edited by the public". The paper supported science and intellectualism in oppose to religion, and was viewed as a spokes organ of the new epoch:

In February 1788, Johan Henric Kellgren became its sole publisher, and introduced permanent culture sections with a poetic section and critics of published poetry, theater plays and other cultural phenomena. It was often a place for literary debates and sometime controversies. Among its more known co-workers were J. Tengström (1779-81),

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, (from 1780), N. L. Sjöberg (1783-?)

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(1785–88, 1792), Rosenstein (1787), Regnér (1790s), A. G. Silverstolpe (1793–95) and Franzén (1793–99). In 1795, the paper was taken over by Carl Peter Lenngren, sole editor 1795-1813; he was followed by A. Wiborg 1813-21 och Anders Lindeberg 1821–33. The last years, the paper was affected by a deteriorating economy, and found hard competition from ''

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'', which was founded in 1830. Three years later, ''Stockholms-Posten'' was dissolved.

References

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