Expressen is one of two nationwide evening tabloid newspapers in Sweden, the other being Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet is a Swedish tabloid founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830 during the modernization of Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. Aftonbladet is owned by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and Norwegian media group Schibsted, and its editorial page...

. Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp

Wasp

The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...

 and slogans "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue", always on the reader's side.

Through mergers, the Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

 edition of Expressen is titled GT (originally Göteborgs-Tidningen) and the Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

 edition is titled Kvällsposten, but the three share half of the content. Expressen (with GT and Kvällsposten) maintains a centre-right

Centre-right

The centre-right or center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties, or organizations whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition of centrist...

 political profile, describing its editorial position as "independent liberal

Liberalism

Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

", while the competitor Aftonbladet is social-democratic

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

. Ownership of Expressen (and Sweden's largest morning newspaper Dagens Nyheter

Dagens Nyheter

is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It has the largest circulation of Swedish morning newspapers, followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the whole country. In 2009 DN had a circulation of 316,000, reaching 881...

) is controlled by the Bonnier family

Bonnier family

The Bonnier family is a wealthy Swedish family of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, active in the publishing business since the late-18th century. The family controls the Swedish company Bonnier AB, with an annual revenue in 2008 of US$ 4.13 billion ....

, while Aftonbladet is owned jointly by Swedish trade unions and the Norwegian publishing family Schibsted

Schibsted

Schibsted is a Norwegian media conglomerate with operations in 20 countries, the most important being Norway and Sweden. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange....

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The first edition was released on 16 November 1944. A main feature that day was an interview with the crew members of a British bomber

Bomber

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 who were successful in sinking the German ship Tirpitz

German battleship Tirpitz

Tirpitz was the second of two s built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Imperial Navy, the ship was laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven in November 1936 and launched two and a half years later in April...

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Editor in chief

Editor in chief

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 is Thomas Mattsson.

Kvällsposten

Kvällsposten is an edition

Edition

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 of Expressen, distributed in southern Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its editorial offices are in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

. Editor in Chief is Lars Mohlin.

GT

Göteborgs-Tidningen or GT was a tabloid newspaper founded in Göteborg in 1902 and distributed in Western Sweden. GT was owned by 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....

, but in 1973 acquired by 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...

. In 1998, Bonnier AB bought the newspaper and since then it has become a local edition of Expressen.

GTs headquarters are found at Kungstorget 2, Göteborg. Editor in chief is Thomas Mattsson.

Criticisms

Expressen has been heavily criticized by Eritreans in Sweden as well globally for supporting the anti-Eritrea movements and publishing articles in their favor. The Eritreans having realized this called for a mass protest which were held successful on November, 14 2011 in which more than 500 Eritreans protested outside the Swedish media headquarters.

External links

• Expressen, official website
• GT, official website
• Kvällsposten, official website
• FotbollsExpressen
• HockeyExpressen
• SportExpressen