Gefle Dagblad

Gefle Dagblad
TypeDaily newspaper
OwnerBonnier Group
Editor-in-chiefJacob Hilding
Founded11 April 1895 (1895-04-11)
Political alignmentLiberal
LanguageSwedish
CityGävle
CountrySweden
Circulation21,100 (as of 2015)[1]
Websitegd.se

Gefle Dagblad is a Swedish daily newspaper. Its first edition was published on 11 April 1895. A liberal paper, it competes with the social democratic daily newspaper Arbetarbladet, also based in Gävle.[2] As of 2015, it had a daily circulation of 21,100, making it the largest newspaper in Gävleborg County.

History

Founding and early years (1895–1918)

It was founded by Theophil Petersson in collaboration with Linkoln Blom, a printer.[3][4] Its first edition was published on 11 April 1895.[5] Karl Lindh was appointed editor-in-chief in 1896.[6] In 1901, it was among three newspapers in Gävle, the other two being Gefle-Posten and Norrlandsposten.[7] It was described as a liberal newspaper in 1906.[8] Alongside Dagens Nyheter and Karlstads-Tidningen, Gefle Dagblad expressed support for women's suffrage by 1911.[9] The paper published a series of articles commissioned by the National Association for Women's Suffrage.[10] Karl Lindh's wife Klara Lindh, a notable suffragist, herself penned two articles, which were published in February 1912.[6] The paper was pro-prohibition in 1913, but their editorial statement also clarified that both supporters and opposers of the policy were represented in the Liberal Party.[11]

1919–1999

Jonas Modén became editor-in-chief in 1919.[12] By 1938, the street they were located on, Hattmakargatan, was known as "Gävle's Fleet Street" because four newspapers existed in close proximity there: Gefle Dagblad, Arbetarbladet, Norrlandsposten, and Nya Extrabladet.[13][14] In 1951, Modén was succeeded by Erik Brandt.[12] In 1958, the paper won Pressen Tidning's Award for Best Front Page.[15] By 1965, Gefle Dagblad and Arbetarbladet were the two primary newspapers in Gävle.[16] Per Hilding was editor-in-chief from 1968 to 1988.[17][18] There was controversy in 1971 after Arbetarbladet received press support and Gefle Dagblad did not, despite a circulation difference of about 500 between them.[19]

2000–present

The newspaper received a bomb threat in September 2015 after reporting connections between a mosque in Gävle and the Islamic State.[20] The person who called in the threat demanded they remove an article about the imam Abo Raad of Gävle Mosque from their website. No bomb was ultimately found.[21] In 2017, Abo Raad's son Raad al-Duhan was convicted of threatening journalist Anna Gullberg, who was then the editor-in-chief of Gefle Dagblad.[22][23] The same year, the paper moved with Arbetarbladet to a new building in Brynäs. Gefle Dagblad had been previously located on Hattmakargatan since their inception in 1895.[13] In January 2019, one of the newspaper's reporters was allegedly threatened and forced to delete pictures he had taken while reporting on the Nya Kastet school in Bomhus.[24] The school, which had Islamist links, was later closed by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate and the former principal was later convicted of accounting violations.[25][26]

In February 2019, it was announced that Bonnier News would be acquiring Mittmedia, a group of local newspapers including Gefle Dagblad.[27] The paper received press support for the first time in April of that year.[28] Katarina Ekspong became editor-in-chief in November.[29] In 2023, it was announced that printed newspapers would no longer be published on Sundays, starting 1 October.[30] In February 2025, newspaper's culture editor Kristian Ekenberg was recognized with the Dagen Nyheter critics' award, Lagercrantzen.[31] Jacob Hilding, the grandson of Per Hilding, became editor-in-chief of Gefle Dagblad in July.[32]

Circulation

In 1965, it had a circulation of about 32,000, slightly less than Arbetarbladet.[33] In 1971, circulation was 31,800. Nine out of ten households in Gävle subscribed to one of the two primary newspapers.[19] By 1981, Gefle Dagblad's circulation had increased to 34,003.[34] In 2015, it had a daily circulation of 21,100, making it the largest newspaper in Gävleborg County.[35]

References

  1. ^ Howgate, Jennifer (20 February 2015). "Tidningar tappar läsare" [Newspapers are losing readers]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  2. ^ Luthander, Per (14 December 1996). "Tuff konkurens: Kampen hårdnar i Gävle. Sjudagarsutgivning Gefle Dagblads nya vapen" [Tough competition: The fight is getting tougher in Gävle. Seven-day publication Gefle Dagblad's new weapon]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  3. ^ Sollbe, Barbro (23 May 2010). "Theophil Petersson och Gefle Dagblad" [Theophil Petersson and Gefle Dagblad]. Gefle Dagblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Linkoln Blom död" [Linkoln Blom is dead.]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 3 December 1941. p. 7.
  5. ^ Sundström, Jan (11 April 2020). "GD 125 år: Från Blom till Bonnier – så växte GD till en mediekoncern" [GD is 125 years old: From Blom to Bonnier – how GD grew into a media group]. Gefle Dagblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Klara Augusta Bernhardina Lindh". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Gäfletidningsarnas fest" [The Gäfletidningen newspapers' party.]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 16 June 1901. p. 2.
  8. ^ "De nya senatorerna" [The new senators.]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 20 September 1906. p. 2.
  9. ^ "Kvinnan och pressen" [Women and the press.]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 1 December 1911. p. 10.
  10. ^ Lindblad, Hans (13 November 2009). "Kvinnor att minnas" [Women to remember]. Gefle Dagblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Hos pressgrannar". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 18 October 1913. p. 7.
  12. ^ a b "Redaktörsskifte i Gefle Dagblad" [Editorial change at Gefle Dagblad]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 5 June 1951. p. 14.
  13. ^ a b Ekenberg, Kristian (11 April 2025). "Grattis Gefle Dagblad – i 130 år har vi skrivit Gävles historia" [Congratulations Gefle Dagblad – we have been writing the history of Gävle for 130 years]. Gefle Dagblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  14. ^ Granditsky, Helen (18 June 2023). "Historien om Gävles tidningsgata" [The history of Gävle's newspaper street]. Gefle Dagblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Två nya namn i TU-styrelse" [Two new names on the TU board]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 22 May 1958. p. 12.
  16. ^ "Statlig annonsering" [Government advertising]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 13 April 1965. p. 2.
  17. ^ Lindblad, Hans (24 January 2015). "Per Hilding". Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  18. ^ Landén, Catrin (22 December 2014). "Per Hilding är död" [Per Hilding is dead]. Arbetarbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  19. ^ a b Svensson, Roland (11 March 1971). "Djungelns lag i Gävlepressen: 500 skiljer i upplagekriget" [The law of the jungle for Gävle press: Difference of 500 in the circulation war]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). p. 32.
  20. ^ "Bombhot mot Gefle Dagblad" [Bomb threat against Gefle Dagblad]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  21. ^ Roos, Jimmy (11 September 2015). "Gefle Dagblad bombhotat" [Gefle Dagblad bomb threat]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  22. ^ Carlsson, Mattias; Ewald, Hugo (5 May 2021). "Ekots reporter inledde relation med dömd islamist" [Ekot reporter started a relationship with a convicted Islamist]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025. I maj 2017 dömdes mannen till böter och villkorlig dom för att ha hotat Expressen-journalisten Anna Gullberg som då var chefredaktör för tidningen Gefle Dagblad. Hoten var kopplade till en granskning som Gefle Dagblad gjort av islamisterna. [In May 2017, the man was fined and given a suspended sentence for threatening Expressen journalist Anna Gullberg, who was then editor-in-chief of the newspaper Gefle Dagblad. The threats were linked to an investigation by Gefle Dagblad into Islamists.]
  23. ^ "Newspaper editor threatened after mosque story". Sveriges Radio. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  24. ^ "Chefredaktör efter hot mot Gävlejournalist: Det är synnerligen allvarligt" [Editor-in-chief after threats against Gävle journalist: It is extremely serious]. Sveriges Radio. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  25. ^ Jacobsson, Joel (9 November 2020). "Skolinspektionen stänger Nya Kastets skola i Gävle" [The School Inspectorate closes the New Caste school in Gävle]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  26. ^ "Tidigare rektorn till Nya kastets skola döms till fängelse" [Former principal of New Caste School sentenced to prison]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  27. ^ Ström, Viktor (8 February 2019). "Bonnier köper Mittmedia – satsar på lokaljournalistik" [Bonnier buys Mittmedia – investing in local journalism]. Dagens industri (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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  29. ^ Allstadius, Josefin; Roos, Jimmy (28 November 2019). "Hon är ny chefredaktör på Gefle Dagblad" [She is the new editor-in-chief at Gefle Dagblad]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  30. ^ Haimi, Elina (4 October 2023). "Papperstidningen på väg att försvinna i glesbygden" [The paper newspaper is on the verge of disappearing in rural areas]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025. Bonnier News Local slutar att ge ut en söndagstidning för titlarna Gefle Dagblad, Arbetarbladet och Sundsvalls tidning från den 1 oktober. [Bonnier News Local will cease publishing a Sunday newspaper for the titles Gefle Dagblad, Arbetarbladet, and Sundsvalls tidning as of 1 October.]
  31. ^ Beckman, Åsa (2 February 2025). "Kristian Ekenberg får DN:s kritikerpris Lagercrantzen" [Kristian Ekenberg receives DN's critics' award Lagercrantzen]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 February 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  32. ^ Höglund, Anna (9 July 2025). "Han blir ny chefredaktör på Gefle Dagblad" [He will be the new editor-in-chief at Gefle Dagblad]. Gefle Dagblad. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  33. ^ Svensson, Sven (19 December 1965). "Den hårda spiralen" [The harsh spiral]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
  34. ^ Ramklin, Lars (11 September 1981). "Upplagorna rasar för kvällstidningar" [Circulation figures plummet for evening newspapers]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). p. 30.
  35. ^ Howgate, Jennifer (20 February 2015). "Tidningar tappar läsare" [Newspapers are losing readers]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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