Helsingborgs Dagblad (HD, lit. "Helsingborg's Daily Paper"), published inHelsingborg inSkåne is the largest (circ. 84,000)newspaper in Swedish outside the metropolitan cities ofMalmö,Gothenburg andStockholm.
The newspaper was founded with the name ofHelsingborgs Tidning on 1 October 1867. It began to use its current name,Helsingborgs Dagblad, in 1884.[1] The paper has its headquarters in Helsingborg.[1]
During its initial periodHelsingborgs Tidning was a moderate publication.[1] However, duringWorld War II the paper had a pro-German,anti-communist and nationalistic political stance, but it did not adopt a pro-Nazi approach.[2]
In January 2001, the newspaper merged withNordvästra Skånes Tidningar[3] and is today published in three different local editions with separate names. In 2006, the paper changed its format from traditionalbroadsheet totabloid following a general trend among daily newspapers.
In 2000Helsingborgs Dagblad was, as the first Swedish newspaper ever, named The World’s Best-Designed Newspaper by the international organization Society of News Design. In 2012 it was named as Sweden's best newspaper. In 2013 the paper and the Danish local paperHelsingør Dagblad initiated a cooperation to share their sources, but the project was ended soon due to the financial problems.[4]
On 23 April 2014,Sydsvenskan acknowledged that they wanted to buyHD. A strong reason was reported to be that both newspapers had seen their ad revenue decrease heavily.[5] They reached a deal in the end of May and theSwedish Competition Authority approved it around two weeks after.[6] WhileSydsvenskan has a softpaywall, it is not yet decided ifHD will also have one.[7]
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