Erkko
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Erkko is a Finnish family known for their ownersship of the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat
Helsingin Sanomat
Helsingin Sanomat is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. In 2008, its daily circulation was 412,421 on weekdays and 468,505 on Sundays...
Family members
- J. H. Erkko (1849–1906), Finnish poet and playwright.
- Eero Erkko (1860–1927), Finnish politician, journalist and the founder of PäivälehtiPäivälehtiPäivälehti was a newspaper in Finland, which was then a Grand Duchy under the Czar of Russia. The paper was founded in 1889 as the organ of the Young Finnish Party and published on six days a week....
, son of J. H. Erkko - Eljas ErkkoEljas ErkkoJuho Eljas Erkko was a Finnish politician and journalist. He was a foreign minister and negotiated with the Soviet Union before the Winter War started...
(1895–1965), Finnish politician, journalist and the main owner of Sanoma, son of Eero Erkko - Aatos ErkkoAatos ErkkoAatos Juho Michel Erkko is a Finnish journalist and the main owner of Sanoma Corporation and the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. He has a Master of Science degree in Journalism from the Columbia College of Columbia University. Erkko is married to Mrs. Jane Erkko...
(born 1932), Finnish journalist and the main owner of Sanoma, son of Eljas Erkko