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 Expressen cover (16 December 2011) | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Bonnier AB |
| Editor-in-chief | Klas Granström |
| Founded | 16 November 1944; 80 years ago (1944-11-16) |
| Political alignment | Independentliberal |
| Headquarters | Stockholm |
| Circulation | 270,900 (2010) |
| ISSN | 1103-923X |
| Website | www |
Expressen (The Express) is one of two nationwide eveningnewspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal,Expressen was founded in 1944;[1] its symbol is awasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue".[citation needed]
The newspaper awards the culture prizeExpressens Heffaklump for children's and youth culture.
The first edition ofExpressen was published on 16 November 1944.[2][3] A main feature that day was an interview with the crew members of a Britishbomber who were successful in sinking the German shipTirpitz. A project ofAlbert Bonnier Jr.,Carl-Adam Nycop, andIvar Harrie – who was to become the first editor-in-chief – Expressen was created in part to push back against "national socialism and related violent ideologies."[4]
The paper is owned by theBonnier Group.[5][6] As of 2005, the paper had aliberal stance,[7] but it declared its independent leaning in 1995.[2]
Through mergers, theGothenburg edition ofExpressen is titledGT (originallyGöteborgs-Tidningen) and theMalmö edition is titledKvällsposten, but the three share half of the content.Expressen (withGT andKvällsposten) maintains acentre-right political profile, describing its editorial position as "independentliberal", while the competitorAftonbladet is independentsocial-democratic. Ownership ofExpressen (and Sweden's largest morning newspaper,Dagens Nyheter) is controlled by theBonnier family, whileAftonbladet is owned jointly by Swedish trade unions and the Norwegian publishing familySchibsted.
In 1998, the circulation ofExpressen was 316,000 copies on weekdays and 396,000 copies on Sundays.[2] The paper had a circulation of 334,000 copies in 2001.[9] The 2004 circulation of the paper was 335,000 copies.[6] It was 339,400 copies on weekdays in 2005.[7] In 2010, the circulation of the paper had declined to 270,900 copies.[10]
Kvällsposten, founded in 1948, is – since 1998 – an edition ofExpressen distributed in the south of Sweden, includingSkåne andBlekinge counties. Its editorial offices are inMalmö and the editor in chief is Magnus Ringman.
Göteborgs-Tidningen orGT was a tabloid newspaper founded inGothenburg in 1902.GT was owned byGöteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, but in 1973 it was acquired byGöteborgs-Posten. In 1998,Bonnier AB bought the newspaper and since then it has become a regional edition ofExpressen – distributed in the southwest of Sweden, includingVästra Götaland County.
GT's headquarters are in Gothenburg[11] and its editor in chief is Christer El-Mochantaf.[12]