Kristeligt Dagblad

Kristeligt Dagblad is a Danish newspaper in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Kristeligt Dagblad
TypeNewspaper
Owner(s)Kristeligt Dagblad A/S
Founded1896 (1896)
LanguageDanish
HeadquartersCopenhagen
Circulation26,000 (2013)
WebsiteKristeligt Dagblad website

History and profile

Kristeligt Dagblad was established in 1896.[1][2] It was an initiative of the Lutheran Inner Mission created to oppose radicalism and atheism.[3] The paper is owned by Kristeligt Dagblad A/S and is based in Copenhagen.[1][2][4] It is published six times per week from Monday to Saturday.[2][5]

Initially Kristeligt Dagblad was an Evangelical newspaper.[6] The paper was apolitical, publishing articles on religious and moral topics as well as on cultural topics.[6] In 1909 it published anti-evolutionary articles, strongly opposing to the views of Charles Darwin.[6] From 1914 the paper took a wider approach and in 1935 broke away from the Inner Mission, presenting general news but without any political association. It gained popularity under the leadership of Gunnar Helweg-Larsen, but lost ground in the 1950s. From 1950 it adopted a new approach, adopting a more lively style with more emphasis on foreign news. The paper does not have any sports section and covers sports-related news occasionally.[7]

The editor of Kristeligt Dagblad is Erik Bjerager.[8]

Circulation

In 1908 Kristeligt Dagblad sold 8,000 copies.[6] During the last six months of 1957 the paper had a circulation of 16,582 copies on weekdays.[9]

During the second half of 1997 the circulation of Kristeligt Dagblad was 16,000 copies on weekdays.[10] The paper had a circulation of 25,000 copies in 2004[1] and 25,400 copies in 2005.[5] The circulation of the paper was 25,143 copies in 2008 and 25,718 copies in 2009.[11] It grew to 26,267 copies in 2010 and to 26,301 in 2011.[11] The paper had a circulation of 26,000 copies a day in 2013.[3]

References
  1. "The Press in Denmark". BBC. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. "Kristeligt Dagblad". Euro Topics. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. "Kristeligt Dagblad". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. Thomsen, Niels (January 1968). "The Danish political press". Scandinavian Political Studies. 3 (A3): 144–164. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1968.tb00461.x.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Full text.
  5. "Factsheet Denmark" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. January 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  6. Hans Henrik Hjermitslev (October 2010). "Danes commemorating Darwin: apes and evolution at the 1909 anniversary". Annals of Science. 67 (4): 485–525. doi:10.1080/00033790.2010.495316. PMID 21466130.
  7. Thomas Horky; Jörg-Uwe Nieland (8 October 2013). International Sports Press Survey 2011. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-7322-7886-2. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  8. "Erik Bjerager skriver". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  9. Britt-Mari Persson Blegvad (1964). "Newspapers and Rock and Roll Riots in Copenhagen". Acta Sociologica. 7 (3): 151–178. doi:10.1177/000169936400700302. JSTOR 4193580.
  10. Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra. Archived from the original (Occasional Paper No:99/4) on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  11. "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
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