''Uusi Suomi'' (
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
for ''The New Finland'') was a Finnish daily
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
that was published from 1919 to 1991. The headquarters was in Helsinki, Finland.
History and profile
''Uusi Suomi'' was established in 1919 as a continuation of two earlier newspapers, ''Suometar'' (1847–1866) and ''Uusi Suometar'' (1869–1919).
''Suometar'' had been primarily concerned with pursuing issues relating to the
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* 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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population; its successor ''Uusi Suometar'' had represented closely related
Fennoman
The Fennoman movement or Fennomania was a Finnish nationalist movement in the 19th-century Grand Duchy of Finland, built on the work of the ''fennophile'' interests of the 18th and early-19th centuries.
History
After the Crimean War, Fennoma ...
views.
Two of its contributors, Linda Pylkkänen and Risto Sihtola, visited Italy in the late 1930s as a guest of the
Fascist government, and the paper was asked by the Italians to publish articles in favor of the Fascist rule. During the
Cold War
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period ''Uusi Suomi'' was among the Finnish newspapers which were accused by the
Soviet Union
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of being the instrument of
US propaganda, and the Soviet Embassy in Helsinki frequently protested the editors of the paper.
From its foundation in 1919 to 1976 ''Uusi Suomi'' was the official newspaper of the conservative Finnish
National Coalition Party
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, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
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, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
.
[ It became editorially independent in 1976, but retained a ]conservative
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outlook.
In 1958 ''Uusi Suomi'' purchased the financial newspaper ''Kauppalehti
''Kauppalehti'' (Finnish: "Trade Newspaper") is a commerce-oriented newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland. The paper has been in circulation since 1898.
History and profile
''Kauppalehti'' was established by the Finnish Businessmen's Associat ...
''.[
Towards the end of the 1980s ''Uusi Suomi'' was acquired by the newspaper '']Aamulehti
(Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland.
History and profile
''Aamulehti'' was founded in 1881 to "improve the position of the Finnish people and the Finnish language" during Russi ...
''.[ However, the former was struggling with financial difficulties, ultimately leading to its demise.][
''Uusi Suomi'' was published in broadsheet format.][ The paper was owned by the ]Alma Media
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In addition to news services, the company's products provide information rela ...
which acquired it in 1991.
The last issue of ''Uusi Suomi'' was published on 29 November 1991. The Finnish tabloid ''Iltalehti
''Iltalehti'' (literally "Evening newspaper") is a tabloid newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland.
History and profile
''Iltalehti'' was established in 1980 as afternoon edition of newspaper ''Uusi Suomi''. Alma Media is the owner of ''Iltal ...
'', which can be considered ''Uusi Suomis spiritual successor, began publication in 1980 as the afternoon edition of ''Uusi Suomi''.
On 25 May 2007 it was announced that the Finnish company Nikotiimi had purchased the rights to the title ''Uusi Suomi'' from Alma Media
Alma Media Oyj is a Finland, Finnish media and digital service business company. Its best known products are ''Iltalehti'', ''Kauppalehti'', ''Talouselämä'', and .
In addition to news services, the company's products provide information rela ...
. It started an online newspaper
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Going online created more opportunities for newspa ...
bearing that title in the fall of 2007. In 2010 it was the twenty-seventh most visited website in Finland, being visited by 204,722 people per week.
Editors-in-chief
* 1919 – 1921: A. H. Virkkunen
* 1921 – 1922: E. Nevanlinna
* 1922 – 1932: Kaarlo Koskimies
* 1932 – 1940: S. J. Pentti
* 1940 – 1956: Lauri Aho
* 1956 – 1965: Eero Petäjäniemi
Eero is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name (pronounced: /e:ro/). Notable people with the name include:
* Eero Aarnio (born 1932), Finnish interior designer
* Eero Aho (born 1968), Finnish actor
* Eero Akaan-Penttilä (born 1943), ...
* 1965 – 1967: Eero Petäjäniemi and Pentti Poukka
* 1967 – 1976: Pentti Poukka
* 1976 – 1989: Johannes Koroma
* 1989 – 1990: Ari Valjakka
* 1990 – 1991: Jarmo Virmavirta
References
External links
''Uusi Suomi'', the online newspaper
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1919 establishments in Finland
1991 disestablishments in Finland
Daily newspapers published in Finland
Defunct newspapers published in Finland
Finnish-language newspapers
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Newspapers established in 1919
Publications disestablished in 1991