Åbo Underrättelser 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...

 newspaper published in 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...

, published Tuesday through Saturday. Its headquarters are located in Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

 (Åbo in Swedish). Åbo Underrättelser holds the distinction of being the oldest newspaper still in print in Finland, having been founded by Christian Ludvig Hjelt in 1823 (the first edition being published on January 3, 1824).

The newspaper's primary readership consists of Swedish-speakers in Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

 and Åboland

Åboland

Åboland is a sub-region in the archipelago of the Finland Proper region in south-western Finland.Åboland and Turunmaa are also informal names of the region, but in this context Särkisalo is normally included and in the Finnish name Turunmaa also the northern Finnish-speaking part of the...

. Its circulation is 7,562.

External links

• Åbo Underrättelser
• The Finnish Historical Newspaper Library 1771-1890 - on-line archive from 1824 to 1878