Suomen Kuvalehti (lit. 'Finland's picture magazine' or 'the Finnish picture magazine')[1] is a weekly Finnish language family and news magazine published in Helsinki, Finland.
| Editor | Matti Kalliokoski |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine Family magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 79,275 (2013) |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Company | Otava |
| Country | Finland |
| Based in | Helsinki |
| Language | Finnish |
| Website | www.suomenkuvalehti.fi |
| ISSN | 0039-5552 |
History and profile
editSuomen Kuvalehti was founded in 1873[1] and published until the year 1880. The magazine started publishing again in 1917,[2] and continues to this day. It was merged with Kansan Kuvalehti in 1934. The editor in 1935 was L.M. Viherjuuri. Ilmari Turja edited the magazine from 1936 to 1951.[3]
The headquarters of Suomen Kuvalehti is in Helsinki.[2] Otava (publisher) publishes the magazine, every Friday.[4][5] One of its former editor is Ville Pernaa.
Suomen Kuvalehti originally supported center-right politics in the country.[1] In the aftermath of the Finnish Civil War, from which Finland emerged as an independent, democratic republic, the magazine valorized the victorious Whites as patriots and heroes. It also published Vapautemme hinta, a book detailing Finnish losses during the Winter War and like the vast majority of the Finnish press strongly favored the Finnish government against the Soviet invasion of Finland. During the Cold War period it was one of the Finnish publications which were accused by the Soviet Union of being the instrument of US propaganda, and the Soviet Embassy in Helsinki frequently protested the editors of the magazine.[6]
In more modern times, the magazine has had a conservative[7] and Finnish liberal stance[2] without direct political affiliation.[1] The weekly aims to write in-depth articles about current topics and to provide opinion-shaping editorials.[2] The magazine focuses on news about national and international politics and culture.[1] It is one of the investigative journalism outlets in the country.[8] Diary excerpts of Finnish novelist Antti Tuuri about his visit to Germany between 1992 and 1995 were published in Suomen Kuvalehti.[9] The comic strip Blondie regularly appears in the magazine. In the Jyviä ja akanoita ("wheat and chaff") column, various humorous misprints and grammatical goofs from other magazines and newspapers are printed.
In March 1997 two journalists from Suomen Kuvalehti were arrested in Diyarbakır, Turkey, while reporting about the Kurdish movement in the region.[10]
Circulation
editThe circulation of Suomen Kuvalehti was 102,000 copies in 2007[11] and 96,000 copies in 2009.[2] In 2010 its circulation fell to 88,667 copies.[12] The 2011 circulation of the weekly grew to 91,277 copies.[12][13] But, it fell to 86,786 copies in 2012[12] and to 79,275 copies in 2013.[14]
| Year | Circulation |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 102,000 |
| 2009 | 96,000 |
| 2010 | 88,667 |
| 2011 | 91,277 |
| 2012 | 86,786 |
| 2013 | 79,275 |
Editor
edit- Matti Kivekäs 1916–18
- L. M. Viherjuuri 1918–36
- Ilmari Turja 1936–51
- Primary Rislakk 1952–60
- Leo Tujunen 1961–74
- Jouko Tyyri 1974
- Mikko Pohtola 1974–86
- Pekka Hyvärinen 1987–92
- Martti Backman 1993–96
- Tapani Ruokanen 1996–2014
- Ville Pernaa 2014–
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Miika Tervonen (December 2013). "Re-conceptualizing the Finnish Eastern Border: a pilot study on discourses in Suomen Kuvalehti, 1990-2010" (Working Paper). EU Border Scapes. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Suomen Kuvalehti". Euro Topics. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Turja, Ilmari". Uppslagsverket.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "About Otavamedia". Otavamedia. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ Georgios Terzis, ed. (2007). European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. Intellect Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-84150-192-5.
- ^ Esko Salminen (1998). "The Struggle Over Freedom of Speech in the North The Finnish Press Gave Obeisance to Moscow, but did not Succumb to the Kremlin's Propaganda Programme during the Cold War Years 1968-1991". Scandinavian Journal of History. 23 (3–4): 244. doi:10.1080/03468759850115972.
- ^ Erkki Kauhanen; Elina Noppari (2007). "Innovation, Journalism and Future" (PDF). Technology Review (200).
- ^ Sampsa Saikkonen; Paula Häkämies (5 January 2014). "Mapping Digital Media: Finland" (Report). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Tuomas Forsberg (2000). "A friend in need or a friend indeed?" (PDF). UPI Working Papers (24).
- ^ Aslı Tunç (2000). Beyond the line: The situation of editorial cartoonists as a press freedom issue in post-1980 Turkey (PhD thesis). Temple University. p. 81. ProQuest 304630926.
- ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
External links
edit- Official site (in Finnish)