Dags-Telegrafen Explained

Dags-Telegrafen (Danish: Daily Telegraph) was a Danish language conservative newspaper which was published in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the period of 1864–1891.

History and profile

Dags-Telegrafen was established by J. Christian Ferslew in Copenhagen in 1864.^[1] Its first issue appeared on 2 January that year.^[2] The paper had a conservative stance and was the first of such newspapers in Denmark.^[1] In fact, it was affiliated with the Conservative Party.^[3] The paper was headquartered in Copenhagen.^[2]

In first half of the 1870s Dags-Telegrafen became one of the best selling newspapers in the country.^{[1] [4]} An evening edition of the paper, Nationaltidende, was launched in 1876.^[1] Sophus Peter Tromholt published his auroral observations in Dags-Telegrafen^[5] which folded on 30 June 1891.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Alastair H. Thomas. Historical Dictionary of Denmark. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2016. 978-1-4422-6465-6. Lanham, MD. 375.
2. Web site: Mediestream AvisID oversigt - København. Det KGL Bibliotek. 8 July 2023. da.
3. Web site: Nogle af samtidens københavnske aviser og deres politiske observans. Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab. 3 February 2017. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203082138/https://bangsbreve.dk/introduktion/nogle-koebenhavnske-aviser-i-samtiden-og-deres-politiske-observans.
4. Svennik H⊘yer. Newspapers without journalists. Journalism Studies. 2003. 4. 4. 457. Svennik Høyer. 10.1080/1461670032000136550.
5. K. Moss. 2012. P. Stauning. Sophus Peter Tromholt: an outstanding pioneer in auroral research. History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 3. 1. 55. 10.5194/hgss-3-53-2012. 2012HGSS....3...53M. free.