Front page of the first issue ofSvenska Dagbladet (18 December 1884)Anders Tengbom, building forSvenska Dagbladet in StockholmKungsbrohuset: Buildings in theNorrmalm district
The first issue ofSvenska Dagbladet appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the 1900s the paper was one of theright-wing publications in Stockholm.[1] Ivar Anderson is among its formereditors-in-chief who assumed the post in 1940.[2] The same yearSvenska Dagbladet was sold by Trygger family to the Enterprise Fund which had been established by fourteen Swedish businessmen to secure the ownership of the paper.[3]
The paper is published inStockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of theGreater Stockholm region. Itssubscribers are concentrated in the capital, but it is distributed in most of Sweden. The paper was one of the critics of the Prime Minister Olof Palme, and in December 1984 it asked him to resign from the office following his interview published inHufvudstadsbladet.[4]
Svenska Dagbladet is owned bySchibsted[5] which purchased it in the late 1990s.[6] The stated position of the editorial page is "independently moderate" (oberoende moderat), which means it is independent but adheres to theliberal conservatism of theModerate Party. Despite this position, the paper is also regarded asconservative.[7][8]
In November 2000Svenska Dagbladet changed its format frombroadsheet totabloid.[9][10] In 2005 the paper started a Web portal for business news as a joint venture withAftonbladet.[11]
Since 1925Svenska Dagbladet has awarded an individual sportsperson or a team theSvenska Dagbladet Gold Medal at the end of each year.
As the only other Swedish morning newspaper to aspire to full national and international coverage,Svenska Dagbladet is the chief rival ofDagens Nyheter.
Anna Careborg was appointed acting CEO and Editor-in-chief in January 2019, taking over from Fredric Karén, who is now working with Torstar Group, owners of the Toronto Star, in Canada.
Careborg took over fully as new CEO and Editor-in-chief ofSvenska Dagbladet in October 2019.
The circulation ofSvenska Dagbladet was 185,000 copies in 2003.[12] The paper had a circulation of 187,100 copies on weekdays in 2005.[5] Among Swedish morning newspapers,Svenska Dagbladet had the third largest circulation with 195,200 copies in 2007 afterDagens Nyheter andGöteborgs-Posten.[13] In 2008Svenska Dagbladet had a circulation of 123,383 copies.[14] The circulation of the paper was 185,600 copies in 2011.[15] It was 159,600 copies in 2012 and declined to 143,400 copies in 2013.[16]
Svenska Dagbladet, Sunday, 2 May 1897. The first issue under new management, new format and new header. The first page contains signed contributions byHelmer Key [sv] (1864–1939),Gustaf F. Steffen [sv] (1864–1929) andOscar Levertin (1862–1906).
Svenska Dagbladet's editorial house at Karduansmakargatan 13 / Klara Södra Kyrkogata in theLoenblock.[19] Architects Ullrich & Hallquist. Year built 1897
Svenska Dagbladets printing shop at Karduansmakargatan inKlarakvarteren in 1951
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![Svenska Dagbladet, Sunday, 2 May 1897. The first issue under new management, new format and new header. The first page contains signed contributions by Helmer Key [sv] (1864–1939), Gustaf F. Steffen [sv] (1864–1929) and Oscar Levertin (1862–1906).](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fwikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aSvenska_Dagbladet_1897-05-02_1.jpg)
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