''Weekendavisen'' (meaning ''The Weekend Newspaper'' in English) is a

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weekly

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published on Fridays in Denmark. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover

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s outside Denmark. According to opinion polls, however, the actual number of readers is much higher (290,000 in 2007).

History

Until 1971 the Danish postal service distributed

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twice daily, in the morning and in the afternoon. When afternoon mail delivery was discontinued, ''Berlingske Aftenavis'' (''Berlingske Evening Newspaper''), which was the evening edition of the daily newspaper '' Berlingske Tidende'', had to cease publication, and ''Weekendavisen'' came into existence as a replacement, known for the first several years as ''Weekendavisen Berlingske Aften''. The owner and publisher of the paper is the

Berlingske Officin Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S)Berlingske Media website in English
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. ''Weekendavisens

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contains the original

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of ''Berlingske Tidende'', including the words "

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1749", and its

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count begins in that year rather than in 1971 because its publishers and editors regard it as a continuation of the original ''Berlingske Tidende''.

Characteristics

''Weekendavisen'' is a highbrow newspaper containing in-depth analyses of

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and

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as well as extensive coverage of

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and

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s. The weekly covers matters of national and international rather than local interest. ''Weekendavisen'' is split into four sections each week: Society, Culture, Books and Ideas, which covers science-related news and articles.

Awards

''Weekendavisen'' presents the annual

Weekendavisen Book Award The Weekendavisen Book Award is an annual literary award presented by the Danish newspaper ''Weekendavisen''. The nominees are selected om December by Weekendavisen's corps of literary critics and the final winner is selected by the readers. The cer ...

. The nominees are selected by the newspaper's corps of literary critics and the final winner is selected by the readers.

Editors-in-chief

* 1950-1973:

Otto Fog-Petersen Otto Fog-Petersen 20 August 1914 - 10 June 2003) was a Danish journalist who served as editor-in-chief of Berlingske Aftenavis and later Weekendavisen. Biography Fog-Petersen was born in Nibe outside Aalborg and attended Sorø Academy. He was e ...

* 1973-1978:

Henning Fonsmark Henning is a surname, also used as a given name, with origins in East Prussia (now part of Germany). Henning may also refer to: People with Henning as a surname * A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player * Andrew Henning (1863–1 ...

* 1978-1984:

Frank Esmann Frank Esmann (27 August 1939 - 27 November 2016) was a Danish journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of ''Weekendavisen'' from 1978 to 1984 and later worked for national Danish broadcaster DR. Biography Esmann was born in Odense and was educa ...

* 1984-1987

Jørgen Schleimann Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George People with the given name Jørgen * Jørgen Aall (1771–1833), Norwegian ship-owner and politician * Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Norwegian gymnast * Jørgen ...

* 1987-1992 Tøger Seidenfaden * 1992-1998

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* 1998-2017 Anne Knudsen * 2017- Martin Krasnik

References

External links

*
Official website
*
Information on ''Weekendavisen''
at the website of the paper's owner, the ''

Berlingske Officin Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S)Berlingske Media website in English
is a Dan ...

'' *
Information on ''Weekendavisen''
at the paper's own website
Denmark - Culture - Mass Media
– an overview of the history of the Danish press at the website of the

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