Hallands Nyheter
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Hallands Nyheter is a Swedish
newspaper
, founded by Artur Lagerihn in 1905. The newspaper is published in Falkenberg
. It has a daily circulation of 31,600 and is owned by Stampen. The editorial page supports Centerpartiet. It is printed six days a week, all days except Sunday.
The paper employs about 150 people and has annual revenue of 130 million Swedish kronor
. Bengt Wendle is the CEO, while AnnaKarin Lith is chief editor. It is mainly distributed in the municipalities of Falkenberg
and Varberg
, where over 70% of the households subscribe. The paper has editiorial offices in Falkenberg, Varberg
, Kungsbacka
and Halmstad
. It is distributed as a talking magazine as well.
Stampen bought it from Centertidningar AB
in 2005. Originally published under the label Falkenbergs-Posten, it changed its name to Hallands Nyheter in 1919.
, Artur Lagerihn, who published the first number on 2 October 1905. Before that, he had printed three specimen copies, starting on 13 September. The paper changed form to become a usual newspaper after just a few copies. It was then printed three times a week: Mondays; Wednesdays and Fridays. The paper had four pages. It was distributed by post on the countryside, while townspeople could either get it at specified places, or pay a bit extra and get it delivered. Falkenbergs-Posten was a liberal paper, in opposition to its competitor, the large Falkenbergs Tidning
, which was conservative.
Nils Bierke become joint owner on 18 December. He was the chief editor of the paper during two periods, until 1909. The paper suffered from bad finances and in 1907 it become a corporation
. Several of the town's businessmen bought shares and become board members. In 1908 Artur Lagerihn got sick and Gustav Adolf Janson (usually written Gustav Ad. Janson) took over the authorization to issue the newspaper. Nils Bierke left the paper. On 4 January it started to use modern Swedish spelling. The financial problems were however still there. In 1909 it issued preference shares
, that was however not enough, and the paper had to declare bankruptcy
In November 1911, Filip Pärson's wife, Tekla Pärson took over as owner together with Gustav Ad. Jansson. Filip could himself not stand as owner as he had been involved in an earlier bankruptcy. From 1912 the paper would be published at Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The reason for the change was that it fitted better with the post distribution, and the days were those on which Falkenbergs Tidning was published as well.
. At the annual meeting on 28 May 1919 it was decided that the possibility of getting a mean of influencing the press in Halland should be investigated. As a consequence a company, owned by individuals within the farmer's movement, bought the paper. The goal was to make it a paper of the entire county.
In December 1919, the paper therefore changed its name to Hallands Nyheter (News of Halland). The paper had until then been a paper of the countryside of Falkenberg Municipality. It would take considerable time before that would to start to change. In the town Falkenbergs Tidning stil ruled.
A few years after the takeover, it became formally owned by the Farmers' League
, a successor of the National Farmers Union. By becoming owned by the farmer's movement the paper not only got more money into the company, it also gained from the contact net of the movement to receive news.
The financial situation did however continue to be worrying. They did not succeed in widening is distribution area. As of 1926 it had a circulation of 2,000. This led the Farmer's League to sell the paper back to its CEO and former owner, Gustaf Adolf Janson. Janson not only got ownership of the paper, he became the new editor in chief. A deal was struck between Janson and the farmer's movement. The movement promised to continue to support the paper by subscribing, advertising etc. if the paper continued wear their stamp.
The company saw a turn for the better when the printer was commissioned to print Halländska Lantmannatidningen the same year. Although small in size it had, in the 1940s, a circulation of 20,000, hence giving the company a much needed stable source of income. The financial situation was brightened further when it was commissioned to print SLU-bladet in 1930. SLU-bladet was the membership paper of the Farmer's League's youth organisation.
Another important change occurred the same year. The paper established a new editorial office in the neighboring town of Varberg
. After a tough start, it grew partly because of the local editor in chief, Axel E Blixt, a man with good connections with the farmer's movement. Pressure from the farmer's movement had been the deciding factor behind the expansion.
The Hallands Nyheter, as well as the farmer's movement, had been offered to buy one of the newspapers in the town, Norra Hallands Tidning Vestkusten. Neither the paper, nor the movement, were interested.
The new office did have some tough first years, as the Union of Merchants boycotted the new paper until 1937. The paper continued to grow, especially on the surrounding countryside. It has held a dominating position in Varberg since the 1970s.
The paper was distributed six days a week from 1939. The paper switch from mid day to morning publication in response to the same move by Falkenbergs Tidning . The circulation increased, as of 1939 it was 7,295 copies, six years later it was 10,825.
The paper bought a new printer in 1943. The purchase fueled some controversy, as it originally belonged to a Norwegian paper that had been taken over by the nazis during the war, Bergens Aftenblad
. Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning
, Göteborgs-Posten
and Falkenbergs Tidning
all hinted that they had been able to buy the printer at a too low price, as Norway was occupied by Germany
.
The old one was sold to Laholms tidning
. A close cooperation between the papers was established, much due to the shared connection with the farmer's movement. The papers shared came to share a lot of their content with other.
While Hallands Nyheter did well during the war and the years that followed, the same was not true for its competitors. Norra Hallands Tidning Vestkusten and Varbergs Posten, located in Varberg, as well as Falkenbergs Tidning
, were all shut down and replaced by another conservative paper, Hallands Dagblad. That paper in turn shut down in 1959. The growth of Hallands Nyheter meant that the political profile was softened.
machine in 1954. The machine meant that they could print much more photos, and in 1956 the paper got its first full time employed photograph. The same year a teleprinter
was installed. In 1964 the paper brought a new printer, this time from a Danish paper, Næstved Tidende. The printer was put into use in 1966.
Hallands Nyheter was reorganised as a joint stock company
in 1958. Gustav Ad. Janson continued to be the majority shareholder, while his wife and children became the owners of the remaining stocks. When Janson died in 1963, his son Gustav Janson took over as CEO, while Thure Mattsson became the chief editor.
Between 1962 and 1966 (and later from 1980 and 1989) the paper had a local office in Getinge
. By 1965 an office was opened in Halmstad
and in 1966 another office was opened in Kungsbacka
. By the late 1960s and the 1970s the paper's finances worsened. Centertidningar AB
bought a majority stake in the company in 1975. Arvid Johansson took over as chief editor 1977.
The paper begun with phototypesetting
and direct lithography
in 1977. A new printer was bought in 1981. Following the new printer the format was changed to berliner
and the office was upgraded, to be able to handle the introduction of computers. Failed negotiations on a shared printer were held with Hallandsposten
.
Until 1982, Halland Nyheter had advertisements on its front page. The same year, the office in Varberg moved to new facilities, while a new office was opened in Fegen
. In 1986 the paper bought another local printing company, ABC-tryck. The company started to print Laholms tidning
in 1988. In 1989, for the first time, more than 30,000 copies of Hallands Nyheter were distributed.
The current owner, Stampen, bought Centertidningar AB
(including Hallands Nyheter) in 2005. Starting 27 February 2007 the paper is printed in Halmstad
in tabloid format.
Sweden
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newspaper
Newspaper
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, founded by Artur Lagerihn in 1905. The newspaper is published in Falkenberg
Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 18,972 inhabitants in 2005.The town has a population of 19,000 and is located at the mouth of the river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish words for falcon and mountain...
. It has a daily circulation of 31,600 and is owned by Stampen. The editorial page supports Centerpartiet. It is printed six days a week, all days except Sunday.
The paper employs about 150 people and has annual revenue of 130 million Swedish kronor
Swedish krona
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. Bengt Wendle is the CEO, while AnnaKarin Lith is chief editor. It is mainly distributed in the municipalities of Falkenberg
Falkenberg Municipality
Falkenberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat....
and Varberg
Varberg Municipality
Varberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg.It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities...
, where over 70% of the households subscribe. The paper has editiorial offices in Falkenberg, Varberg
Varberg
Varberg is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 26,041 inhabitants in 2005.Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their 'typical west coast' sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wide sandy beaches to rocky terrain that continues north into...
, Kungsbacka
Kungsbacka
Kungsbacka is a locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 17,784 inhabitants in 2005.It is one of the most affluent parts of Sweden, in part due to its simultaneous proximity to stunning countryside and the large city of Gothenburg..-History:The first records...
and Halmstad
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
. It is distributed as a talking magazine as well.
Stampen bought it from Centertidningar AB
Centertidningar AB
Centertidningar AB was a media consortium, owned by the Swedish Centre Party. It included newspapers that the party had either started on their own or brought from competitors. It included Hallands Nyheter, Södermanlands Nyheter, Länstidningen i Södertälje, Nynäshamns Posten, Norrtelje Tidning,...
in 2005. Originally published under the label Falkenbergs-Posten, it changed its name to Hallands Nyheter in 1919.
History
The newspaper started as Falkenbergs-Posten and was initially an advertising brochure. It was set up by a printerPrinter (publisher)
In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. With the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, printing—and printers—proliferated throughout Europe.Today, printers are found...
, Artur Lagerihn, who published the first number on 2 October 1905. Before that, he had printed three specimen copies, starting on 13 September. The paper changed form to become a usual newspaper after just a few copies. It was then printed three times a week: Mondays; Wednesdays and Fridays. The paper had four pages. It was distributed by post on the countryside, while townspeople could either get it at specified places, or pay a bit extra and get it delivered. Falkenbergs-Posten was a liberal paper, in opposition to its competitor, the large Falkenbergs Tidning
Falkenbergs Tidning
Falkenbergs Tidning was a conservative newspaper, published in Falkenberg between 1875 and 1954. It was also an advertising broschure/free newspaper, published between 1993 and 2005...
, which was conservative.
Nils Bierke become joint owner on 18 December. He was the chief editor of the paper during two periods, until 1909. The paper suffered from bad finances and in 1907 it become a corporation
Joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...
. Several of the town's businessmen bought shares and become board members. In 1908 Artur Lagerihn got sick and Gustav Adolf Janson (usually written Gustav Ad. Janson) took over the authorization to issue the newspaper. Nils Bierke left the paper. On 4 January it started to use modern Swedish spelling. The financial problems were however still there. In 1909 it issued preference shares
Preferred stock
Preferred stock, also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds, is a special equity security that has properties of both an equity and a debt instrument and is generally considered a hybrid instrument...
, that was however not enough, and the paper had to declare bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
Reconstruction
The paper was reconstructed by three of its former owners: A T Törngren; Julius Månsson and A Andersson. The first copy was printed on 26 November 1909. Filip Pärson held the post as chief editor, and would continue to do so until 1927.In November 1911, Filip Pärson's wife, Tekla Pärson took over as owner together with Gustav Ad. Jansson. Filip could himself not stand as owner as he had been involved in an earlier bankruptcy. From 1912 the paper would be published at Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The reason for the change was that it fitted better with the post distribution, and the days were those on which Falkenbergs Tidning was published as well.
The farmer's movement gets involved
The recently formed National Farmers Union (Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund) want a newspaper in HallandHalland
' is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden , on the western coast of Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat.-Administration:...
. At the annual meeting on 28 May 1919 it was decided that the possibility of getting a mean of influencing the press in Halland should be investigated. As a consequence a company, owned by individuals within the farmer's movement, bought the paper. The goal was to make it a paper of the entire county.
In December 1919, the paper therefore changed its name to Hallands Nyheter (News of Halland). The paper had until then been a paper of the countryside of Falkenberg Municipality. It would take considerable time before that would to start to change. In the town Falkenbergs Tidning stil ruled.
A few years after the takeover, it became formally owned by the Farmers' League
Farmers' League
Farmers' League was an ethnic German agrarian political party in Czechoslovakia. Ideologically the party was moderately conservative, having its base in the Sudetenland countryside. The party was led by Franz Spina. Landjugend was the youth wing of the party...
, a successor of the National Farmers Union. By becoming owned by the farmer's movement the paper not only got more money into the company, it also gained from the contact net of the movement to receive news.
The financial situation did however continue to be worrying. They did not succeed in widening is distribution area. As of 1926 it had a circulation of 2,000. This led the Farmer's League to sell the paper back to its CEO and former owner, Gustaf Adolf Janson. Janson not only got ownership of the paper, he became the new editor in chief. A deal was struck between Janson and the farmer's movement. The movement promised to continue to support the paper by subscribing, advertising etc. if the paper continued wear their stamp.
The company saw a turn for the better when the printer was commissioned to print Halländska Lantmannatidningen the same year. Although small in size it had, in the 1940s, a circulation of 20,000, hence giving the company a much needed stable source of income. The financial situation was brightened further when it was commissioned to print SLU-bladet in 1930. SLU-bladet was the membership paper of the Farmer's League's youth organisation.
The paper establish itself in Varberg
Starting 12 August 1930 the paper was printed by a new printer, replacing one used from the foundation. In 1931 it started printing on Mondays, hence printing four editions a week. The move was caused by a similar move taken by Falkenbergs Tidning a year earlier.Another important change occurred the same year. The paper established a new editorial office in the neighboring town of Varberg
Varberg
Varberg is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 26,041 inhabitants in 2005.Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their 'typical west coast' sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wide sandy beaches to rocky terrain that continues north into...
. After a tough start, it grew partly because of the local editor in chief, Axel E Blixt, a man with good connections with the farmer's movement. Pressure from the farmer's movement had been the deciding factor behind the expansion.
The Hallands Nyheter, as well as the farmer's movement, had been offered to buy one of the newspapers in the town, Norra Hallands Tidning Vestkusten. Neither the paper, nor the movement, were interested.
The new office did have some tough first years, as the Union of Merchants boycotted the new paper until 1937. The paper continued to grow, especially on the surrounding countryside. It has held a dominating position in Varberg since the 1970s.
The paper was distributed six days a week from 1939. The paper switch from mid day to morning publication in response to the same move by Falkenbergs Tidning . The circulation increased, as of 1939 it was 7,295 copies, six years later it was 10,825.
The paper bought a new printer in 1943. The purchase fueled some controversy, as it originally belonged to a Norwegian paper that had been taken over by the nazis during the war, Bergens Aftenblad
Bergens Aftenblad
Bergens Aftenblad was a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Bergen, Norway from 1880 to 1942. It supported the Conservative Party.The paper was started in 1880, and absorbed the long-running Bergens Adressecontoirs Efterretninger in 1889....
. Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning
Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning
Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning was a daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1832 to 1973. It was founded in 1832 by publisher Magnus Prytz and had a liberal alignment from the later part of the 19th century....
, Göteborgs-Posten
Göteborgs-Posten
Göteborgs-Posten is a major daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Gothenburg, with containing coverage of local, regional, national and international issues. It is chiefly distributed in western Götaland. It has the second largest national circulation, after Dagens Nyheter and before...
and Falkenbergs Tidning
Falkenbergs Tidning
Falkenbergs Tidning was a conservative newspaper, published in Falkenberg between 1875 and 1954. It was also an advertising broschure/free newspaper, published between 1993 and 2005...
all hinted that they had been able to buy the printer at a too low price, as Norway was occupied by Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
The old one was sold to Laholms tidning
Laholms tidning
Laholms tidning is a Swedish newspaper, published six days a week from Laholm, Sweden. It has been published since 5 December 1931, originally printed every second day. The paper was bought by the farmers movement in 1932...
. A close cooperation between the papers was established, much due to the shared connection with the farmer's movement. The papers shared came to share a lot of their content with other.
While Hallands Nyheter did well during the war and the years that followed, the same was not true for its competitors. Norra Hallands Tidning Vestkusten and Varbergs Posten, located in Varberg, as well as Falkenbergs Tidning
Falkenbergs Tidning
Falkenbergs Tidning was a conservative newspaper, published in Falkenberg between 1875 and 1954. It was also an advertising broschure/free newspaper, published between 1993 and 2005...
, were all shut down and replaced by another conservative paper, Hallands Dagblad. That paper in turn shut down in 1959. The growth of Hallands Nyheter meant that the political profile was softened.
Technical development and new owners
The paper bought a clichéCliché
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machine in 1954. The machine meant that they could print much more photos, and in 1956 the paper got its first full time employed photograph. The same year a teleprinter
Teleprinter
A teleprinter is a electromechanical typewriter that can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point and point to multipoint over a variety of communication channels that range from a simple electrical connection, such as a pair of wires, to the use of radio and microwave as the...
was installed. In 1964 the paper brought a new printer, this time from a Danish paper, Næstved Tidende. The printer was put into use in 1966.
Hallands Nyheter was reorganised as a joint stock company
Joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...
in 1958. Gustav Ad. Janson continued to be the majority shareholder, while his wife and children became the owners of the remaining stocks. When Janson died in 1963, his son Gustav Janson took over as CEO, while Thure Mattsson became the chief editor.
Between 1962 and 1966 (and later from 1980 and 1989) the paper had a local office in Getinge
Getinge
Getinge is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,885 inhabitants in 2005....
. By 1965 an office was opened in Halmstad
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
and in 1966 another office was opened in Kungsbacka
Kungsbacka
Kungsbacka is a locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 17,784 inhabitants in 2005.It is one of the most affluent parts of Sweden, in part due to its simultaneous proximity to stunning countryside and the large city of Gothenburg..-History:The first records...
. By the late 1960s and the 1970s the paper's finances worsened. Centertidningar AB
Centertidningar AB
Centertidningar AB was a media consortium, owned by the Swedish Centre Party. It included newspapers that the party had either started on their own or brought from competitors. It included Hallands Nyheter, Södermanlands Nyheter, Länstidningen i Södertälje, Nynäshamns Posten, Norrtelje Tidning,...
bought a majority stake in the company in 1975. Arvid Johansson took over as chief editor 1977.
The paper begun with phototypesetting
Phototypesetting
Phototypesetting was a method of setting type, rendered obsolete with the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing software, that uses a photographic process to generate columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper...
and direct lithography
Lithography
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
in 1977. A new printer was bought in 1981. Following the new printer the format was changed to berliner
Berliner (format)
Berliner, or "midi", is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about . The Berliner format is slightly taller and marginally wider than the tabloid/compact format; and is both narrower and shorter than the broadsheet format....
and the office was upgraded, to be able to handle the introduction of computers. Failed negotiations on a shared printer were held with Hallandsposten
Hallandsposten
Hallandsposten is a newspaper printed in Halmstad, Sweden, that was founded 1850. It is the major newspaper of Halmstad, Hylte and Laholm municipalities. It is printed daily since 1900, before that it was printed two times a week. It has a distribution of 32,000.- External links :*...
.
Until 1982, Halland Nyheter had advertisements on its front page. The same year, the office in Varberg moved to new facilities, while a new office was opened in Fegen
Fegen (locality)
Fegen is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 183 inhabitants in 2005..-References:...
. In 1986 the paper bought another local printing company, ABC-tryck. The company started to print Laholms tidning
Laholms tidning
Laholms tidning is a Swedish newspaper, published six days a week from Laholm, Sweden. It has been published since 5 December 1931, originally printed every second day. The paper was bought by the farmers movement in 1932...
in 1988. In 1989, for the first time, more than 30,000 copies of Hallands Nyheter were distributed.
The current owner, Stampen, bought Centertidningar AB
Centertidningar AB
Centertidningar AB was a media consortium, owned by the Swedish Centre Party. It included newspapers that the party had either started on their own or brought from competitors. It included Hallands Nyheter, Södermanlands Nyheter, Länstidningen i Södertälje, Nynäshamns Posten, Norrtelje Tidning,...
(including Hallands Nyheter) in 2005. Starting 27 February 2007 the paper is printed in Halmstad
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
in tabloid format.