- Hufvudstadsbladet
Infobox_Newspaper
name = Hufvudstadsbladet
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Tabloid
foundation = 1864
owners =Konstsamfundet
language = Swedish
political = Liberal
headquarters =Helsinki
editor = Max Arhippainen and
Barbro Teir
website = [http://www.hbl.fi www.hbl.fi]"Hufvudstadsbladet" (abbr. "Hbl") is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in
Finland . Its headquarters are located inHelsinki , the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "The Capital City Newspaper", "hufvudstad" being 19th century Swedish for "capital". The newspaper is informally also called "Husis" or "Höblan"."Hufvudstadsbladet" was founded by August Schauman in 1864, and the first edition was published on
December 5 the same year. During the late 19th century, the paper was the highest-circulation newspaper in Finland.
In 1920 the company "Hufvudstadsbladets Förlag och Tryckeri AB" was founded to operate the newspaper. The company's principal owner and chief executive officer wasAmos Andersson , who would also serve as editor-in-chief of the newspaper between 1922 and 1936.Konstsamfundet (approx. "The Art Foundation"), founded by Andersson in 1940, took over ownership of Hufvudstadsbladet in 1945, and has wholly owned the newspaper since.Two weekly supplements are distributed with the newspaper, "Vision" (television and radio programming information) on Thursdays and "Söndagsbilagan" (culture and travel) on Sundays. Since September 2006 the newspaper also publishes a full-colour weekly magazine that focus on lifestyle features and photography, called Volt. In 2006 the newspaper was also accredited with the European Newspaper Award for "Europe's Best Designed Newspaper" in the category for local newspapers.
In 2004, Hufudstadsbladet changed its format from
broadsheet totabloid . In the same year, it became Finland's tenth highest circulating newspaper. Currently the newspaper has a circulation of about 51,012.External links
* [http://www.hbl.fi Hufvudstadsbladet's website] (in Swedish)
* [http://www.editorial-design.com/06/award06e/index.html Office for Newspaper Design]
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