Fyens Stiftstidende is a daily newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 and has a circulation, primarily on Funen

Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...

, of approximately 60,000 on weekdays and 80,000 on weekends. Until 1841 it was known as "Kongelig Priviligerede Odense Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger"

On April 13, 1993 the newspaper changed its 221 year-old tradition as a mid-day newspaper, to a morning paper.

Since November 2007, "Stig's Stribe" (Stig's Strip in English) has appeared in the newspaper Monday through Friday all year round. The cartoon strip is of the gag strip variety and was created by Danish cartoonist/illustrator Stig Kristensen

Stig Kristensen

Stig Kristensen , is a Danish cartoonist and illustrator, and author of the Danish comic strip "Stig's Stribe" which currently is published in the Danish newspaper, Fyens Stiftstidende...

. Originally, it was placed above the other "regulars" Fyens Stiftstidende ran, Pearls Before Swine

Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)

Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, who was formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California. It chronicles the daily lives of four anthropomorphic animals, Pig, Rat, Zebra, and Goat, as well as a number of supporting characters...

and Up and Running, but starting from February 2009 they moved those inside the newspaper featuring only "Stig's Stribe" on the back page.

The editor in chief Per Westergård chairs the board of the Centre for Journalism

Centre for Journalism (University of Southern Denmark)

The Centre for Journalism is a centre within the Department of Political Science and Public Management at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. The Centre is located in Odense and offers research and education in journalism. Currently the Centre has approx. 310...

 at the University of Southern Denmark

University of Southern Denmark

The University of Southern Denmark, with campuses located in the southwestern part of Denmark - i.e. Funen, Southern Jutland and Sealand - is a research and educational institution with deep regional roots and an international outlook. Reaching even further south, the university offers a number of...

in Odense, one of the two university journalism departments in Denmark.