''Pohjalainen'' was a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Vaasa, Finland. The paper was in circulation from 1903 to 2020.

History and profile

''Pohjalainen'' was established in 1903. It was based in Vaasa and part of the Ilkka-Yhtymä, which also owns the Seinäjoki local and regional paper ''Ilkka (newspaper), Ilkka''. As of 2009 Arno Ahosniemi was the editor-in-chief. The paper had a circulation of 26,670 copies in 2009. ''Pohjalainen'' sold 22,598 copies in 2013. In September 2019 it was announced ''Pohjalainen'' and ''Ilkka'' would be merged into a single newspaper, known as ''Ilkka-Pohjalainen'', starting 30 January 2020.

Editors

* 1903: Otto Edvard Könni, O. E. Könni * 1903–1905: Erkki Wallin-Voionmaa * 1905–1910: H. J. Räisänen * 1910–1913: Yrjö Kataja * 1913–1924: V. J. Tuomikoski * 1924–1941: Jaakko Ikola * 1941–1950: Heikki Hyppönen * 1951–1980: Ilmari Laukkonen * 1981–1984: Jaakko Korjus * 1985–1991: Erkki Malmivaara * 1991–1996: Jaakko Elenius * 1996–2002: Kari Mänty * 2002–2009: Markku Mantila * 2009: Arno Ahosniemihttp://yle.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/article594273.ece Arno Ahosniemi Pohjalaisen päätoimittajaksi ''Yle Uutiset'' 2009-03-6 * 2010–2013: Kalle Heiskanen * 2014–2019: Toni Viljanmaa

References

External links

Official site
* 1903 establishments in Finland 2020 disestablishments in Finland Daily newspapers published in Finland Defunct newspapers published in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Mass media in Vaasa Newspapers established in 1903 Publications disestablished in 2020 {{Finland-newspaper-stub