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''Aftonbladet'' is a Swedish tabloid published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. ==History and profile== The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan Hierta in December 1830 under the name of ''Aftonbladet i Stockholm'' during the modernization of Sweden. In 1852 the paper began to use its current name, ''Aftonbladet'', after 25 name changes.〔 It describes itself as an "independent social-democratic newspaper".〔 The owners of ''Aftonbladet'' are the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (''LO'') which bought it in the 1950s and Norwegian media group Schibsted which acquired its share in the paper in the late 1990s. LO sold a large of its shares in the paper to the Schibsted group. As per 15 June 2009 Schibsted bought another 41% and became the majority owner with 91%.〔(DI.se )〕 However, LO has the right to appoint the political editor of the paper.〔 ''Aftonbladet'', based in Stockholm,〔 is published in tabloid format. The paper reported news and also criticised the new Swedish king Charles XIV John. The king stopped ''Aftonbladet'' from being printed and banned it. This was answered by starting the new newspaper "Det andra Aftonbladet" (The second Aftonbladet), which was subsequently banned, followed by new versions named in similar fashion until the newspaper had been renamed 26 times, after which it was allowed by the king.〔(Aftonbladet blev starten för den fria pressen i Sverige ) ''Aftonbladet'', Retrieved 11 July 2007'.〕 During its existence, ''Aftonbladet'' has leant in different political directions. Initially liberal, it drifted towards conservatism under Harald Sohlman, editor in chief from 1890 to 1921. During World War I, a majority holding was sold to the German government in a secret arrangement. In 1929 the newspaper came under the control of the Kreuger family, when a majority of the shares was bought by Swedish Match, at that time the heart of Ivar Kreuger's corporate empire. ''Aftonbladet'' was labeled "neutral". In 1932 it backed Per Albin Hansson's new Social Democratic government. Just a few years later it realigned with the Liberal Party and turned to advocate liberal politics. Heavily influenced by pro-German staff members, the newspaper supported Germany during World War II.〔(Hierta, the founder of Aftonbladet, created the free press in Sweden ) ''Aftonbladet'', Retrieved 24 August 2009''〕 The Kreuger era came to an end on 8 October 1956. Despite interest from both the Liberal Party and the Centre Party, Torsten Kreuger sold ''Aftonbladet'' as well as ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. The ownership change was first followed by a slight drop in circulation. In the 1960s, however, the newspaper saw its circulation surge rapidly, peaking at 507,000. By the early 1990s ''Aftonbladet'' had run into economic problems, and many had begun to question the competence of the trade union movement as a media owner. On 2 May 1996, the Norwegian media group Schibsted acquired a 49.9 percent stake in the newspaper. The Swedish Trade Union Confederation kept the remaining 50.1 percent of its shares. The same year its circulation passed that of long-time tabloid rival ''Expressen''. In 2005 ''Aftonbladet'' started a Web portal for business news as a joint venture with ''Svenska Dagbladet''. In 1998 the circulation of ''Aftonbladet'' was 397,000 copies on weekdays and 502,000 copies on Sundays. The circulation of the paper was 402,000 copies in 2001.〔 As of 2004 the paper was the most selling daily both in Sweden and in other Nordic countries, having a circulation of 422,000 copies.〔 It was 429,000 copies on weekdays in 2005. In 2006 the paper had 1,425,000 daily readers (Orvesto research 2005:2), circa 15% of the Swedish population. The paper had a circulation of 310,900 copies in 2010. It had a circulation of 154,900 copies in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pwc.se/sv/media/pwc-medieintyg.jhtml )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aftonbladet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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