Hufvudstadsbladet
Also known as Huvudstadsbladet, HBL, Husis, Höblan
Hufvudstadsbladet (abbr. HBL) is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "Journal of the Capital", hufvudstad (modern spelling huvudstad) being the 19th-century Swedish spelling for capital. The newspaper is informally also called Husis or Höblan.
Key facts
- Newspaper.name
- Hufvudstadsbladet
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- Hufvudstadsbladet front page, 10 June 2011
- Newspaper.type
- Daily newspaper
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- Compact
- Newspaper.publisher
- KSF Media
- Newspaper.owners
- Föreningen Konstsamfundet Association
- Newspaper.language
- Swedish
- Newspaper.headquarters
- Helsinki
- Newspaper.editor
- Kalle Silfverberg (since 2023)
- Newspaper.circulation
- 36,719 (2014)
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- History and profile
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Hufvudstadsbladet (abbr. HBL) is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "Journal of the Capital", hufvudstad (modern spelling huvudstad) being the 19th-century Swedish spelling for capital. The newspaper is informally also called Husis or Höblan.
==History and profile== Hufvudstadsbladet was founded by in 1864, and the first edition was published on 5 December the same year. The founder was August Schauman. During the late 19th century, the paper was the highest-circulation newspaper in Finland.