Lapin Kansa

Lapin Kansa
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Lapin Kansa Oy/Kaleva Oy
PublisherKaleva
EditorAntti Kokkonen
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Political alignmentNeutral
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersRovaniemi, Finland
Circulation28,992 (2013)
Websitewww.lapinkansa.fi

Lapin Kansa is a morning newspaper published in Lapland, Finland.

Media said in 2024, that it will be published 3 times a week (print edition), and 6 times a week for the digital edition.[1]

History and profile

Lapin Kansa was established in 1928.[2][3] The newspaper is based in Rovaniemi.[4] The owner of the paper is Alma Media.[4][5] In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Pohjolan Sanomat.[5]

Heikki Tuomi-Nikula is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper.[4] On 1 October 2008 Johanna Korhonen was appointed the editor-in-chief.[4][6] However, she was fired immediately after her appointment due to the fact that she was a lesbian.[4][7] Antti Kokkonen replaced her in the post.

In January 2011 the daily changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.[8] Since 2011 Lapin Kansa has published news and reports in both North Sami language and Finnish.[9]

In 2013 Lapin Kansa had a circulation of 28,992 copies.[10]

References

  1. ^ https://yle.fi/a/74-20090503. Retrieved 2024-06-12
  2. ^ "History". Alma Media. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. ^ Inka Salovaara-Moring (2004). Media Geographies (PDF). Helsinki: Viestinnän julkaisuja. ISBN 952-10-1619-1. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Editor Fired - A New Newspaper Scandal". Galdu. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Alma Media's regional newspapers in Northern Finland to be printed at Kaleva printing house". Global Newswire. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Alma Media Corporation sacked gay editor-in-chief". Sepponet. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  7. ^ "No lesbian for "Lapin Kansa"". Finland for Thought. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Annual review 2011.Readers embrace smaller format newspapers". Alma Media. 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. ^ Olthuis, Marja-Liisa; Kivela, Suvi (25 January 2013). Revitalising Indigenous Languages: How to Recreate a Lost Generation. Multilingual Matters. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-84769-890-2.
  10. ^ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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