Aftonbladet
| Aftonbladet | |
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| description | Swedish tabloid |
| language | Swedish |
| First edition | December 6, 1830 |
| Frequency of publication | Monday to Sunday |
| Editor-in-chief | Jan Helin |
| editor | Lars Johan Hierta † |
| Web link | aftonbladet.se |
| ZDB | 970418-8 |
Aftonbladet (German Abendblatt ) is a Swedish tabloid based in Stockholm .
History and direction
Aftonbladet was founded in 1830 by Lars Johan Hierta and managed until 1851. He ushered in a new era in the history of the Swedish press through his opposition to the personal power of the king and is regarded there as "the pioneer of the free press". In the Stockholm Munkbronstraße close to the original seat of the Aftonbladet "let Swedish Press Club " by sculptor Christian Eriksson a statue for Hierta build. The newspaper was originally liberal and strongly anti-monarchist, but became more and more conservative in the 20th century in order to openly take a stand for Germany during National Socialism and the Second World War . In 1956 the Swedish trade union federation LO bought the newspaper, which became the mouthpiece of the Swedish Social Democrats . Since June 2009 the Norwegian media group Schibsted has controlled 91 percent of the shares in the newspaper, while the remaining nine percent of the shares are still owned by the trade union federation.
In 2009 an article on organ trafficking in Israel sparked diplomatic reactions from the Israeli government towards Sweden. The author of the article was unable to provide any evidence.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schibsted Sverige blir huvudägare i Aftonbladet. In: avanza.se , June 15, 2009 (Swedish).
- ↑ Donald Boström: "Our sons are plundered of their organs" In: Aftonbladet , August 26, 2009 (English).
- ↑ Reinhard Wolf: Sweden's government anti-Semitic? In: Die Tageszeitung , August 24, 2009.
- ↑ Hans Dahne: Accusation of organ trafficking provokes scandal between Israel and Sweden. In: Spiegel Online , 23 August 2009.
- ^ Crisis between Israel and Sweden. In: n-tv , 23 August 2009.
Web links
- http://www.aftonbladet.se/ - website of the newspaper