Hufvudstadsbladet is the highest-circulation Swedish language newspaper in Finland. It is published in Finland's capital Helsingfors (Helsinki in Finnish, and most commonly in English-usage). The newspaper's Swedish language name roughly means "Capital City's Newspaper". In 2004, Hufudstadsbladet changed from a broadsheet to a tabloid design. During the same year, Hufvudstadsbladet was the tenth highest circulating newspaper in Finland. Swedish ( svenska?) is a North Germanic language (also called Scandinavian languages) spoken predominantly in Sweden, in part of Finland, and on the autonomous Ã…land islands, by more than nine million people. ... Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish — think Helsin Ki), or Helsingfors in Swedish, is the capital of Finland. ...
In terms of circulation, it's the second largest Swedish newspaper in Finland, behind Hufvudstadsbladet.
As of 2004, Vasabladet's circulation is 25,255, most of which are sold in Vaasa and surrounding regions in Ostrobothnia.
In 2004, Vasabladet became one of three Swedish language newspapers in Finland to be published daily, the other two being Hufvudstadsbladet and Jakobstads Tidning; most other Swedish language newspapers are published five times a week.
This work is concerned with the attitudes of the principal newspapers in Finland, Helsingin Sanomat, Hufvudstadsbladet, Maakansa, Suomen Sosialidemokraatti, Uusi Suomi and Vapaa Sana, towards Urho Kekkonen during the time leading up to his presidency, in 1944-1956.
Maakansa was the most active paper in writing about Kekkonen, and gained a position as his mouthpiece early in his career, whereas Hufvudstadsbladet was more passive in its view of him and Suomen Sosialidemokraatti and Uusi Suomi were the most critical.
All in all, however, the majority of the leading newspapers tended for the most part to be critical of him during this period, although he gained some recognition even amongst his opponents, who admitted that he had been a forceful and effective personality as Minister of Justice, Speaker of Parliament and Prime Minister.
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