Keskisuomalainen
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Keskisuomalainen is a daily Finnish newspaper published in Jyväskylä
, serving central
Finland
(Keski-Suomi means Central Finland). It was founded in 1871, and is the oldest Finnish-language newspaper, with the fifth-highest circulation of daily Finnish papers. As of January 2007, its daily circulation was 76,000.
The original title of the paper was Keski-Suomi, which began publishing on January 7, 1871, and the current name was adopted in 1918.
The paper's parent company, Keskisuomalainen Oyj, has a virtual monopoly in newspaper publishing in central Finland.
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...
, serving central
Central Finland
Central Finland is a region in Finland. It borders to the regions Päijänne Tavastia, Pirkanmaa, Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia and Southern Savonia....
Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
(Keski-Suomi means Central Finland). It was founded in 1871, and is the oldest Finnish-language newspaper, with the fifth-highest circulation of daily Finnish papers. As of January 2007, its daily circulation was 76,000.
The original title of the paper was Keski-Suomi, which began publishing on January 7, 1871, and the current name was adopted in 1918.
The paper's parent company, Keskisuomalainen Oyj, has a virtual monopoly in newspaper publishing in central Finland.