''Urheilulehti'' is a popular weekly
Finnish sport
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magazine
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. It is the second oldest sports journal in the World (after
Italian ''
La Gazzetta dello Sport
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History and profile
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History and profile
''Urheilulehti'' was founded by Ivar Wilskman in January 1898.
The magazine is published by A-lehdet Oy weekly on Thursdays.
Its headquarters is in
Helsinki
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.
[
The current ]editor-in-chief
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of ''Urheilulehti'' is Jukka Rönkä. The Sports Library has all issues of the magazine.[
In 2013 ''Urheilulehti'' had a circulation of 31,453 copies.][
]
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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1898 establishments in Finland
Magazines established in 1898
Magazines published in Helsinki
Sports magazines
Weekly magazines published in Finland
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