Haparandabladet
| Founded | 5 July 1882 |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Website | haparandabladet |
Haparandabladet (Finnish: Haaparannanlehti) is a Swedish regional newspaper for Tornedalen. It began as two separate newspapers — one Finnish and one Swedish — but the two merged in 1923 to produce one bilingual publication. In 2015, they also began publishing in Meänkieli.
History
The first issue, then a solely Finnish publication, was published on 5 July 1882. It merged with its sister Swedish paper in 1923.[1]
As of 1894, the Swedish paper was published on Saturdays while the Finnish paper was published on Wednesdays.[2] Printer F.E. Nikander took over the paper's publication in 1896.[3] As of 1929, it was Sweden's only Finnish-language newspaper.[4] It was described as the only bilingual paper in 1952, when it celebrated its seventieth anniversary.[5] They received 400,000 SEK of press support in 1979.[6] In 1984, they declared bankruptcy and changed ownership, as well as political alignment — from moderate to right-wing.[7]
Örjan Pekka became editor-in-chief in 1997. He also assumed ownership of the newspaper, which continued after Axel Andén took over as editor-in-chief on 1 November 2019.[8][9] Andén left Haparandabladet for Journalisten in 2023.[10]
In 2015, the paper also began publishing in Meänkieli, with author Bengt Pohjanen serving as translator.[11]
References
- ^ Symbola litteraria: hyllningsskrift till Uppsala Universitet vid jubelfesten 1927 fran Universitets Bibliotekets tjänstemän och Universitetets Boktryckare Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B (in Swedish). Almqvist & Wiksell. 1927. p. 298.
- ^ "Poesi från Maparanda" [Poetry from Maparanda]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 12 March 1894. p. 1.
- ^ "Pressen" [Press]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 28 December 1896. p. 3.
- ^ "Tvåspråkigheten går säkert framåt" [Bilingualism is definitely progressing]. Dagens Nyheter. pp. 1, 20.
- ^ "Haparandabladet jubilerar" [Haparandabladet celebrates its anniversary]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 10 July 1952. p. 7.
- ^ "61 tidningar får 207 milj i presstöd" [61 newspapers receive 207 million in press subsidies]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 9 June 1979. p. 17.
- ^ "Den 102 år gamla och tvåspråkiga tredagarstidningen Haparandabladet i Haparanda..." [The 102-year-old, bilingual, three-day newspaper Haparandabladet in Haparanda...]. Dagens Nyheter. p. 12.
- ^ Andersson, Nellie (10 July 2023). "140-åriga tidningen i gränsstaden kan komma att säljas" [HB opens up to new owner: “Looking at all possibilities”]. Norrländska Socialdemokraten (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (20 May 2019). "Här är Haparandabladets nya chefredaktör - P4 Norrbotten" [Meet Haparandabladet's new editor-in-chief - P4 Norrbotten]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Frick, Hanna (19 July 2023). "Haparandabladets chefredaktör tar över Journalisten" [Editor-in-chief of Haparandabladet takes over Journalisten]. Dagens Media (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Haparandabladet myös meänkielellä - Sveriges Radio Finska" [Haparanda newspaper also in Meänkieli - Sveriges Radio Finnish]. Sveriges Radio (in Finnish). 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2025.