Lapin Kansa

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Lapin Kansa
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Lapin Kansa Oy/Kaleva Oy
Publisher Kaleva
Editor Antti Kokkonen
Founded 1928;90 years ago (1928)
Political alignment Neutral
Language Finnish
Headquarters Rovaniemi, Finland
Circulation 28,992 (2013)
Website www.lapinkansa.fi

Lapin Kansa is a morning newspaper published in Lapland, Finland.

Lapland (Finland) Region in Finland

Lapland, also referred to as Lappi Province, is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. Lapland's cold and wintry climate, coupled with the relative abundance of conifer trees such as pines and spruces means that it has become associated with Christmas in some countries, most notably the United Kingdom, and holidays to Lapland are common towards the end of the year. Rovaniemi Airport is the third busiest airport in Finland.

Finland Republic in Northern Europe

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland is a Nordic country and is situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.

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History and profile

Lapin Kansa was established in 1928. [1] [2] The newspaper is based in Rovaniemi. [3] The owner of the paper is Alma Media. [3] [4] In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Pohjolan Sanomat . [4]

Rovaniemi Municipality in Lapland, Finland

Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated about 6 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the river Kemijoki and its tributary, the Ounasjoki. The city and the surrounding Rovaniemen maalaiskunta were consolidated into a single entity on 1 January 2006. The new municipality has an area of 8,016.75 square kilometres (3,095.28 sq mi), thus making it the largest city in the European Union by land. Rovaniemi has an approximate population of 63,000. Rovaniemi is a unilingual Finnish-speaking municipality and uncommonly for larger Finnish towns, it is also known by its Finnish name and spelling in the Swedish language.

Alma Media Oyj is a media company focusing on digital services and publishing. In addition to news services, the company's products provide information related to lifestyle, career and business development. The services of Alma Media have expanded from Finland to the Nordic countries, the Baltics and Central Europe. Its best known products are Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti, Talouselämä, Monster.fi and Etuovi.com. Alma Media employs approximately 2,400 people, one quarter of whom work outside Finland in nine different European countries.

<i>Pohjolan Sanomat</i> 1915–2017 Finnish newspaper published in Kemi

Pohjolan Sanomat was a broadsheet newspaper published in Kemi, Finland.

Heikki Tuomi-Nikula is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper. [3] On 1 October 2008 Johanna Korhonen was appointed the editor-in-chief. [3] [5] However, she was fired immediately after her appointment due to the fact that she was a lesbian. [3] [6] Antti Kokkonen replaced her in the post.

Lesbian Homosexual woman

A lesbian is a homosexual woman. The word lesbian is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexuality or same-sex attraction.

In January 2011 the daily changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid. [7] Since 2011 Lapin Kansa has published news and reports in North Sami language in addition to those in Finnish. [8]

A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages.

In 2013 Lapin Kansa had a circulation of 28,992 copies. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "History". Alma Media. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Inka Salovaara-Moring (2004). Media Geographies (PDF). Helsinki: Viestinnän julkaisuja. ISBN   952-10-1619-1 . Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Editor Fired - A New Newspaper Scandal". Galdu. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Alma Media's regional newspapers in Northern Finland to be printed at Kaleva printing house". Global Newswire. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Alma Media Corporation sacked gay editor-in-chief". Sepponet. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "No lesbian for "Lapin Kansa"". Finland for Thought. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Annual review 2011.Readers embrace smaller format newspapers". Alma Media. 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Marja-Liisa Olthuis; Suvi Kivela (25 January 2013). Revitalising Indigenous Languages: How to Recreate a Lost Generation. Multilingual Matters. p. 212. ISBN   978-1-84769-890-2.
  9. ↑ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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