Dagens Nyheter
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Template:Lang (Template:IPA, Template:Literal translation), abbreviated DN, is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record.
History and profile
Template:Lang was founded by Rudolf Wall in December 1864.<ref name=eb>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=oskar>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The first issue was published on 23 December 1864. During its initial period, the paper was published in the morning.<ref name=had>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1874 the paper became a joint stock company.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Its circulation in 1880 was 15,000 copies.<ref name=oskar/> In the 1890s, Wall left Template:Lang and soon after, the paper became the organ of the Liberal Party.<ref name=had/> From 1946 to 1959, Herbert Tingsten was the executive editor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The newspaper has been owned by the Bonnier Group since 1909,<ref name=swi/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> when Karl Otto Bonnier acquired the remaining shares that his family had not owned (his father Albert had already acquired some shares since 1888).<ref name="Bonnier">Ketupa.net: Bonniergruppen-kronologi Template:Webarchive Retrieved 2022-08-21</ref> Opinion leaders often choose Template:Lang as the venue for publishing major opinion editorials. The stated position of the editorial page is "independently liberal".<ref name=swi/><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> However, it left its formal alliance with the liberal establishment in the country in 1972.<ref name=had/>
Location
Template:Lang operates from the so-called "DN-skrapan" (the DN skyscraper or Dagens Nyheter Tower) in Stockholm. This was completed in 1964 and was designed by the architect Paul Hedqvist. It is 84 metres (276 feet) tall and has 27 floors. In 1996, the entire enterprise moved to its current location on Gjörwellsgatan, which is adjacent to the old tower.<ref>Historia [1].</ref> The newspaper Template:Lang, also owned by the Bonnier Group,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is located in this building as well.
Circulation
In the 1960s the circulation of Template:Lang was much higher than that of other Swedish dailies.<ref name=eb/> The paper has the largest circulation among the Swedish morning newspapers followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers throughout the country. In 2001 its circulation was 361,000 copies.<ref name=adsm>Template:Cite news</ref> The 2004 circulation of the paper was 363,000 copies.<ref name=bbc>Template:Cite news</ref> The circulation of the paper was 363,100 copies in weekdays in 2005<ref name=swi>Template:Cite web</ref> but had dropped to 292,300 copies in 2010.<ref name=ne>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> In 2013, the print edition of Template:Lang had a circulation of 282,800 copies, reaching an approximate 758,000 persons every day. The web edition had on average roughly 1.5 million unique visitors per week during 2013.
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External links
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