Det fri Aktuelt

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Det fri Aktuelt
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Founder(s) Louis Pio
Founded22 July 1871
Political alignmentSocial democratic
Language Danish
Ceased publicationApril 2001
Headquarters Copenhagen
Country Denmark

Det fri Aktuelt was a daily newspaper published in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 1871 and 2001. It was the first socialist [1] and the earliest newspaper published by a labor union in the world. [2] In addition, it was the last major social democrat newspaper in Denmark. [3]

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History and profile

The newspaper was established under the name of Socialisten (Danish: the Socialist) [4] by the cofounder of the Social Democratic party, Louis Pio, in 1871. [5] [6] Its first issue appeared on 22 July that year. [7] The paper was the organ of the Social Democratic party. [5] [8] Its headquarters was in Copenhagen. [9] In the mid-1970s, the owner of the paper was A/S FagbevægeIsens Presse, a limited liability company. [10] Then It became owned by the trade union movement until 1987, when it declared its independence and freedom. [6] The paper was published by the Labour Movement Press during its final years. [8]

The paper was published under different names. [5] The original name, Socialisten, was changed into Socialdemokraten in 1874. [4] It was used until 1959, when it began to be published under the name of Aktuelt. [5] [11] In 1987, the paper was renamed as Det fri Aktuelt. [5]

Aktuelt had a Sunday edition which was published in tabloid format from 1966. [10] In 1973, the format of the paper was also changed to tabloid. [5]

Det fri Aktuelt ceased publication in April 2001. [2] [4] [12]

Political stance and contributors

Being an official media outlet of the Social Democratic party the paper had a social democrat political leaning. [10] [13] At the end of the 1880s it discouraged the immigration of Swede workers to Denmark. [4] However, its attitude towards them totally changed in the 1890s, and it supported the right of poor Swede workers to obtain Danish citizenship. [4] The paper followed the decisions taken in the Second International and adopted a positive approach towards labor immigration to the country until World War I. [4] It also supported the immigration of the Russian socialist refugees and Jews to the country from 1905 to the end of World War I. [4] The paper suggested in 1975 that East Germany was one of the places for Danish families to visit during the summer holidays. [14]

Emil Wiinblad was appointed editor-in-chief of the paper in 1881. [15] At the beginning of the 1930s the editor of the paper was H. P. Sørensen. [16] Carsten Jensen was among its contributors. [17] [18] As of 1997 Lisbeth Knudsen was the editor-in-chief. [19]

Circulation

In 1901 the circulation of the paper was 42,000 copies. [1] From 1911 to the 1950s the paper had a fixed circulation of 55,000 copies. [5] During the last six months of 1957 its circulation was 39,445 copies on weekdays. [20] The paper sold 41,000 copies in 1963. [4] Its circulation was 39,400 copies during the first half of 1966. [21] The paper sold 53,000 copies in 1973 and 54,600 copies in 1983. [4]

The circulation of Det fri Aktuelt was 47,000 copies in 1991 and 45,000 copies in 1992. [22] The paper sold 41,300 copies in 1993. [4] Its circulation was 40,000 copies in 1994, 39,000 copies in 1995 and 37,000 copies in 1996. [22] It further fell to 36,000 copies in 1997, to 30,000 copies in 1998 and to 28,000 copies in 1999. [22] Its circulation was 26,000 copies both in the first quarter of 2000 and in 2000 as a whole, making it one of the top 20 newspapers in the country. [22] [23]

Legacy

The photo archive of the paper is kept in Arbejdermuseet (Danish: the Workers' Museum). [24] [25]

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