Flamman
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Flamman (meaning The Flame in English), also known as Norrskensflamman (meaning The Flame of the Aurora Borealis in English), is a
socialist
weekly newspaper.
History and profile
Flamman was founded in 1906 by the workers in
Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party
. The circulation of the paper reached its peak in the 1920s, with 11,000 daily copies.
After the
Social Democratic Party was divided in 1917, the newspaper became a regional organ of the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (SSV) in Norrbotten County, and later the Swedish Communist Party (SKP).[1] When the Communist Party split in 1977, the newspaper became the voice for the Workers Party - The Communists (APK). In 1989, it changed from being a daily to a weekly newspaper. In 1990, the newspaper broke with APK and became an independent socialist weekly.[1]
The paper was originally named Norrskensflamman (The Flame of Northern Lights), before a change of name in 1998.
Flamman is based in Stockholm and Emil Persson is among its editors.[1] The current editor Leonidas Aretakis was appointed in 2021.[2]
The 1940 arson attack
On the night of 3 March 1940, an arson attack was made against the offices of Norrskensflamman in
right-wing newspaper, Norrbottens-Kuriren.[4] The attack was planned in the offices of Norrbottens-Kuriren.[5]
The arson attack had financial support from Andreas Lindblom, manager of
Liberal People's Party.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Norrskensflamman". Oo Cities. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Leonidas Aretakis ny chefredaktör på Flamman
- ^ Kristin Ewins (1 February 2017). "Swedish communism in print, 1917-45". Twentieth Century Communism.
- ^ a landsfiskal
- ^ Attentatet mot Norrskensflamman Norrländska Socialdemokraten, 12 September 2009
- ^ Om: Ordfront magasin (in Swedish), Stockholm, Sweden: Föreningen Ordfront, 1998
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