Expressen is one of two nationwide evening tabloid
newspapers in Sweden, the other being
Aftonbladet.
Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a
wasp and slogans "it stings" or "
Expressen to your rescue", always on the reader's side.
Through mergers, the
Gothenburg edition of
Expressen is titled
GT (originally
Göteborgs-Tidningen) and the
Malmö edition is titled
Kvällsposten, but the three share half of the content.
Expressen (with
GT and
Kvällsposten) maintains a
centre-right political profile, describing its editorial position as "independent
liberal", while the competitor
Aftonbladet is
social-democratic. Ownership of
Expressen (and Sweden's largest morning newspaper
Dagens Nyheter) is controlled by the
Bonnier family, while
Aftonbladet is owned jointly by Swedish trade unions and the Norwegian publishing family
Schibsted.
The first edition was released on 16 November 1944. A main feature that day was an interview with the crew members of a British
bomber who were successful in sinking the German ship
Tirpitz.
Editor in chief is Thomas Mattsson.
Kvällsposten
Kvällsposten is an
edition of
Expressen, distributed in southern
Sweden. Its editorial offices are in
Malmö. Editor in Chief is
Lars Mohlin.
GT
Göteborgs-Tidningen or
GT was a tabloid newspaper founded in
Göteborg in 1902 and distributed in Western Sweden. GT was owned by
Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, but in 1973 acquired by
Göteborgs-Posten. In 1998,
Bonnier AB...
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