Vasabladet is a Swedish language

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

 regional newspaper

Newspaper

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 in Ostrobothnia

Ostrobothnia (region)

Ostrobothnia is a region of Finland. It is located in Western Finland. It borders the regions Central Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia, and Satakunta and is one of the four regions making up the historical province of Ostrobothnia....

, Finland

Finland

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. In terms of circulation, it is the second largest Swedish newspaper in Finland, behind Hufvudstadsbladet

Hufvudstadsbladet

Hufvudstadsbladet is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters are located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "The Capital City Newspaper", hufvudstad being 19th century Swedish for capital...

. Its headquarters are located in Vaasa

Vaasa

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 (Vasa in Swedish), with local offices located in Jakobstad

Jakobstad

Jakobstad is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of and covers a land area of . The population density is .- History :...

, Karleby, Närpes

Närpes

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 and Kristinestad

Kristinestad

Kristinestad is a town and a municipality in Finland. It is located in the western part of Finland on the shore of the Bothnian Sea. The population of Kristinestad is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water . The population density is . The population is bilingual...

.

Vasabladet is the second oldest newspaper in Finland (following Åbo Underrättelser

Åbo Underrättelser

Åbo Underrättelser is a Swedish language newspaper published in Finland, published Tuesday through Saturday. Its headquarters are located in Turku...

), the first edition having been published on 7 May 1856. Until 1939, its name was Wasabladet, reflecting the old spelling of the Swedish name for Vaasa.

, Vasabladet's circulation is 22,493, most of which are sold in Vaasa and surrounding areas in Ostrobothnia

Ostrobothnia (region)

Ostrobothnia is a region of Finland. It is located in Western Finland. It borders the regions Central Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia, and Satakunta and is one of the four regions making up the historical province of 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

Jakobstads Tidning

Jakobstads Tidning was a Swedish language regional newspaper in Finland 1898-2008. Its headquarters were located in Jakobstad, with local offices located in Kokkola and Nykarleby. In 2008 it merged with Österbottningen to form Österbottens Tidning...

; most other Swedish language newspapers are published five times a week.