Grönköpings Veckoblad

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Grönköpings Veckoblad
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Grönköpings Veckoblad is a Swedish satirical monthly magazine. The name translates as "The Grönköping Weekly", or "The Greenville Weekly", Grönköping being a fictional Swedish town.[1] The name Grönköping predates the magazine; it was first used by Albert Engström as a headline for some of his drawings in 1895.[2]

History and profile

Founded in 1902

editor in chief of the magazine was Ulf Schöldström.[3] The magazine is based in Stockholm.[4]

The parody language Transpiranto, a caricature of Esperanto, was introduced in a 1929 article by Nils Hasselskog, "World language in Grönköping's school" ("Världsspråk i Grönköpings skola").[5]

Grönköping has been characterized as a Sweden in miniature. Using bombastic and anachronistic language while purporting to describe and analyse current events in a serious manner, Grönköpings Veckoblad has become a Swedish institution and a standard for what is considered good satire.[6]

The declared editorial stance is that they "always agree with the government, especially when they are wrong."

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4833-4617-5
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  2. ISBN 91-7054-835-8
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  3. ^ TTSpektra (8 September 2008). "Ny chef för Grönköpings Veckoblad". Östgöta Correspondenten. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Grönköpings Veckoblad". Sveriges Kulturtidskrifter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ Gunilla Byrman (20 October 1997). "Europanto eller svenska?". HumaNetten (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  6. ISBN 91-89116-83-6
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External links
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