Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning (GHT) was a daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1832 to 1985.
History and profile
editGöteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning was founded in 1832 by publisher Magnus Prytz and had a liberal alignment from the later part of the 19th century after Sven Adolf Hedlund became editor in 1852.[1] The author Viktor Rydberg worked for the newspaper and several of his novels were published as series in the paper.[1]
During World War II, GHT was one of the few Swedish newspapers that held a decidedly anti-Nazi profile, which made its editor-in-chief (since 1917) Torgny Segerstedt a controversial figure in neutral Sweden.[2] The Norwegian illustrator Ragnvald Blix became known for his anti-Nazi caricatures published in the paper during that time under the pseudonym "Stig Höök".[1] After the war the paper's liberal traditions were continued with journalism noted by distinguished foreign reporting and a daily cultural section prominent in the Nordic press. In 1973 the paper closed, but re-appeared as a weekly publication in 1975-1984, and then briefly again as a daily newspaper before it finally ceased publication in 1985.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 John Solheim: Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfarts-Tidning (in Norwegian) Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 30 June 2013
- ↑ Ulf Carmesund (November 2005). "Swedish Support for Zionism and the Palestinian Refugees: The 'Swedish-Israel Aid' and Kfar Achim/Qastina". Holy Land Studies. 4 (2): 58. doi:10.3366/hls.2005.4.2.51.
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