''Österbottens Tidning'' (abbreviated ÖT) is a

Swedish language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countr ...

regional

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, which is mainly distributed in the largely Swedish speaking Ostrobothnia in

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History and profile

It was formed on 23 May 2008 through a merger of ''

Jakobstads Tidning ''Jakobstads Tidning'' (abbr. JT) was a Swedish language regional newspaper in Finland published between 1898 and 2008. History and profile ''Jakobstads Tidning'' was first published on 21 December 1898 originally as a weekly newspaper. In 2000 ...

'' in

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; fi, Pietarsaari) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of () and covers a land area of . The population density is . Neighboring municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersöre, and Nykarleby. The ci ...

(''Pietarsaari'' in Finnish) and '' Österbottningen'' in Karleby (''Kokkola'' in Finnish). It is published by HSS Media. The newspaper focuses on the Jakobstad and Kokkola region and it is published daily. The newspaper had two editors in 2008,

Tom Johansson Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

in Karleby and

Henrik Othman Henrik is a male given name of Germanic origin, primarily used in Scandinavia, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. In Poland, the name is spelt Henryk but pronounced similarly. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Heiki (Estonian), Heikk ...

in Jakobstad.

Margareta Björklund Margareta is a female given name mainly used by Germans, Austrians, Romanians and Swedes and others. It may refer to: People *Margareta (missionary) (c. 1369–c. 1425), Swedish missionary * Margareta of Romania (born 1949), Crown-Princess of Roman ...

is the chief editor. In May 2013, the online news content was locked behind a hard

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. The circulation of the paper was 13,817 copies in 2013.

References

External links

Österbottens Tidning - Newspaper web site
2008 establishments in Finland Newspapers established in 2008 Daily newspapers published in Finland Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland Mass media in Jakobstad Mass media in Kokkola {{Finland-newspaper-stub