Västerbottens-Kuriren
' (also known as VK') is a Swedish newspaper founded in 1900. It is published in Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden. The newspaper covers regional news from the Västerbotten region (with the exception of the municipalities Mala, Norsjö and Skellefteå), with a special focus on the hometown Umeå, in combination with national and international news.
Key facts
- Newspaper.name
- Västerbottens-Kuriren
- Newspaper.logo
- Västerbottens-Kuriren logo.jpg
- Newspaper.logo_size
- 150px
- Newspaper.type
- Daily newspaper
- Newspaper.format
- Tabloid
- Newspaper.owners
- Stiftelsen VK-press
- Newspaper.chief_editor
- Jessica Wennberg
- Newspaper.staff_writers
- 199 (December 2012)
- Newspaper.language
- Swedish
- Newspaper.headquarters
- Umeå, Sweden
- Newspaper.circulation
- 30,800 (2013)
- Newspaper.ISSN
- 1104-0246
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Rosén era
- Bäckström era
- Modern era
- Circulation
- ''VK''-guldet
- Chief editors
- References and notes
- External links
' (also known as VK') is a Swedish newspaper founded in 1900. It is published in Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden. The newspaper covers regional news from the Västerbotten region (with the exception of the municipalities Mala, Norsjö and Skellefteå), with a special focus on the hometown Umeå, in combination with national and international news.
==Rosén era== VK published its first issue on 17 May 1900. The paper grew rapidly, and became the largest newspaper in Västerbotten County in 1903 – a position it has held since. Among the early journalists involved with the newspaper was the author . thumb|Rosén owned this newspaper Gustav Rosén, who played an important role in the history of Sweden's Folkpartiet (Liberal People's Party) was the executive director until 1926, when he was appointed as Minister of Defence in Carl Gustav Ekman's first cabinet. His successor died after just six months, after which Rosén's only son, , took over as editor and publisher at the age of 23. Following the resignation of the Ekman government in September 1928, Gustav Rosén returned to Umeå – first as political editor of VK and from 1931 until his death in 1942 as county governor of Västerbotten County.