''Norra Skåne'' is a local

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based in

Hässleholm Hässleholm is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2011. Overview Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the m ...

, Sweden. The paper has been in circulation since 1899.

History and profile

''Norra Skåne'' was established in 1899. The headquarters of the paper is in Hässleholm. It serves a small community in the region of Göinge, southern Sweden. The paper and its website provide news which is mostly of local interest. It is published six times per week in

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. From its start in 1899 to 1920 ''Norra Skåne'' was among the liberal newspapers in the country. The paper was one of the Swedish publications which employed the materials provided by the

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for their

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s in the

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period, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1960s it was affiliated with the Agrarian Party. In 1998 the paper became part of the Ander group.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Norra Skane 1899 establishments in Sweden Daily newspapers published in Sweden Newspapers established in 1899 Swedish-language newspapers Hässleholm Mass media in Skåne County 19th-century establishments in Kristianstad County