''Västra Nyland'' is a regional
Swedish-language newspaper in
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. The name of the newspaper translates into "The western part of the Nyland region (of Finland)", this region also being the area where the newspaper is circulated. The newspaper is informally called ''Västis''.
History and profile
''Västra Nyland'' was founded in 1881
by Theodor Neovius, and the first edition was published on 7 October the same year. The owner of the paper was a few families.
[ Then Foreningen Konstsamfundet Association became the majority owner of it][ of which the headquarters is located in Ekenäs. The paper is published two times per week.]tabloid format
A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe compres ...
and has been published by the KSF Media since 2008.[ The company also publishes '']Hufvudstadsbladet
''Hufvudstadsbladet'' (abbr. ''HBL'') is the highest-circulation Swedish language, Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "Jo ...
'', '' Östra Nyland'', '' Hangötidningen'', '' Borgåbladet'' and '' Loviisan Sanomat''. The paper has a liberal stance and has no political affiliation.[
In 1996, the circulation of ''Västra Nyland'' was 10,823 copies.][ It was 10,033 copies in 2012.]
References
External links
Västra Nyland's website
(in Swedish)
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1881 establishments in Finland
Newspapers established in 1881
Daily newspapers published in Finland
Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland
Mass media in Raseborg