Jakobstads Tidning
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Jakobstads Tidning Ab
EditorHenrik Othman
Founded21 December 1898
Political alignmentNeutral
LanguageSwedish
Ceased publication2008
HeadquartersJakobstad

Jakobstads Tidning (abbr. JT) was a Swedish language regional newspaper in Finland published between 1898 and 2008.

History and profile

Jakobstads Tidning was first published on 21 December 1898[1][2] originally as a weekly newspaper. In 2000, JT became a daily newspaper, having previously been published six times a week.[3]

Its headquarters was located in Jakobstad with local offices located in Kokkola and Nykarleby. In 1996 the paper had a circulation of 11,972 copies.[3] As of 2005 JT's circulation was 12,130 copies, most of which were sold in Jakobstad and surrounding regions in northern Ostrobothnia.

In 2008 it merged with Österbottningen to form Österbottens Tidning.[1][4] At the time of the merge, Jakobstads Tidning was the third largest Swedish-language newspaper in Finland in terms of circulation, behind Hufvudstadsbladet and Vasabladet.

References

  1. 1 2 "Finland's oldest newspaper archive is in Swedish". Visiolink. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "2000 years of Jakobstad". Jakobstad. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Swedish in Finland". Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. 17 April 1998. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Österbottens Tidning" (PDF). Midas Press. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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