Lapin Kansa

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

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

History and profile

Lapin Kansa was established in 1928.[1][2] The newspaper is based in Rovaniemi.[3] The owner of the paper is Alma Media.[3][4] In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Pohjolan Sanomat.[4]

Heikki Tuomi-Nikula is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper.[3] On 1 October 2008 Johanna Korhonen was appointed the editor-in-chief.[3][5] However, she was fired immediately after her appointment due to the fact that she was a lesbian.[3][6] Antti Kokkonen replaced her in the post.

In January 2011 the daily changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.[7] Since 2011 Lapin Kansa has published news and reports in North Sami language in addition to those in Finnish.[8]

In 2013 Lapin Kansa had a circulation of 28,992 copies.[9]

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