Arbetaren (English: The Worker) is a Swedish syndicalist newspaper. Founded in 1922, it has been published by the Central Organisation of Swedish Workers (SAC), an anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation, first as a daily newspaper, then as a weekly magazine since 1958. [1] [2] The editor-in-chief of Arbetaren sits on the administrative body of the SAC. [3]
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During World War II, Arbetaren came under sustained political repression by the Swedish government. Although it was never formally banned, its issues were frequently seized by police immediately after publication. [4] According to Gabriel Kuhn, it was the "most confiscated Swedish journal during World War II". [4] Its editor-in-chief, Birger Svahn, was detained in an internment camps during the war. [4]
As of 2013, the paper had a circulation of 2,500. [5] The following year, Gabriel Kuhn reported its circulation to be 3,500 copies. [6]
