''Grönköpings Veckoblad'' is a Swedish

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monthly magazine. The name translates as "''The Grönköping Weekly''", or "''The Greenville Weekly''", Grönköping being a fictional Swedish town. The name Grönköping predates the magazine; it was first used by

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as a headline for some of his drawings in 1895.

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Founded in 1902 by Hasse Zetterström as a supplement to '' Söndags-Nisse'', it became an independent magazine in 1916. As of 2008 the

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of the magazine was Ulf Schöldström. The magazine is based in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. The parody language Transpiranto, a caricature of

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, was introduced in a 1929 article by Nils Hasselskog, "World language in Grönköping's school" ("Världsspråk i Grönköpings skola"). ''Grönköping'' has been characterized as a Sweden in miniature. Using bombastic and anachronistic language while purporting to describe and analyse current events in a serious manner, ''Grönköpings Veckoblad'' has become a Swedish institution and a standard for what is considered good satire. The declared editorial stance is that they "always agree with the government, especially when they are wrong."

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