Vecko-Journalen Explained
| Editor Title: | Editor |
| Previous Editor: | Börge Bengtsson |
| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Founder: | Erik Åkerlund |
| Publisher: | Åhlén & Åkerlunds |
| Lastdate: | 1963 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Language: | Swedish |
Vecko-Journalen (Swedish: Weekly Record) was a weekly magazine published under various titles from 1910 to 2002.[1]
History and profile
Vecko-Journalen was founded by Erik Åkerlund in 1910. The same year he also established the publishing company Åhlén & Åkerlunds.[2] The company was acquired by the Bonnier Group in 1929.[3] The magazine was based in Stockholm and was published on a weekly basis.[4] Among many others, Börge Bengtsson served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[5]
Vecko-Journalen frequently featured life of Carl Emil Pettersson, a Swedish adventurer, in the 1930s.[6] It was one of the Swedish publications which contained news materials provided by the Swedish Intelligence Agency during World War II.[7]
It was published weekly from 1910 to 1963 when it merged with the magazine Idun and took the double-barrelled name Idun-Veckojournalen. The merged magazine continued to be published weekly until 1980, when falling circulation figures forced it to a monthly cycle, and it was renamed Månadsjournalen (Swedish: Monthly Record). It ceased publication in 2002.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Lina Sturfelt. Eldens återsken. Första världskriget i svensk föreställningsvärld. Lund University. 11 December 2014. 2008.
- Book: Poul Houe. Sven Hakon Rossel. Images of America in Scandinavia. Birgitta Steene. https://books.google.com/books?id=FxcK1c3s5JYC&pg=PA175. 1998. Rodopi. 90-420-0611-0. 175. Amsterdam; Atlanta, GA. The Swedish Image of America.
- Web site: Historik. Bonnier Magazines & Brands. 14 September 2023. sv.
- Dirk Gindt. Transatlantic Translations and Transactions: Lars Schmidt and the Implementation of Postwar American Theatre in Europe. Theatre Journal. March 2013. 65. 1. 19–37. 10.1353/tj.2013.0015. 41819820. 162294032 .
- News: Tidningsmakaren Gunny Widell avliden. 14 January 2017. Svenska Dagbladet. 23 May 2014. sv.
- Book: Anette Nyqvist. Stefan Helgesson. et. al.. World Literatures. Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange. 2018. Stockholm University Press. Stockholm. 978-91-7635-076-8. 267. https://doi.org/10.16993/bat.v. The Travelling Story of Pettersson in the Pacific.
- Book: Emil Stjernholm. Fredrik Norén. Emil Stjernholm. C. Claire Thomson. Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion. 2023. Palgrave Macmillan. Cham. 978-3-031-05171-5. 124. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_6. A Rain of Propaganda: The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945. 10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_6.
