Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Lapin Kansa Oy/Kaleva Oy |
Publisher | Kaleva |
Editor | Antti Kokkonen |
Founded | 1928 |
Political alignment | Neutral |
Language | Finnish |
Headquarters | Rovaniemi, Finland |
Circulation | 28,992 (2013) |
Website | www.lapinkansa.fi |
Lapin Kansa is a morning newspaper published in Lapland, Finland.
Lapin Kansa was established in 1928.[1][2] The newspaper is based in Rovaniemi.[3] The owner of the paper is Alma Media.[3][4] In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Pohjolan Sanomat.[4]
Heikki Tuomi-Nikula is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper.[3] On 1 October 2008 Johanna Korhonen was appointed the editor-in-chief.[3][5] However, she was fired immediately after her appointment due to the fact that she was a lesbian.[3][6] Antti Kokkonen replaced her in the post.
In January 2011 the daily changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.[7] Since 2011 Lapin Kansa has published news and reports in North Sami language in addition to those in Finnish.[8]
In 2013 Lapin Kansa had a circulation of 28,992 copies.[9]