Helsingin Sanomat
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Sanoma |
| Editor | Kaius Niemi |
| Founded | 1889 as Päivälehti 1905 as Helsingin Sanomat |
| Language | Finnish |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
| Circulation | 365,994 (2011) |
| Website | www.hs.fi |
Helsingin Sanomat, abbreviated HS and colloquially known as Hesari, is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. Its name derives from that of the Finnish capital, Helsinki, where it is published.
The paper was founded in 1889 as Päivälehti, when Finland was a Grand Duchy under the Tsar of Russia.
Political censorship by the Russian authorities, prompted by the paper's strong advocacy of greater Finnish freedoms and even outright independence, forced Päivälehti to often temporarily suspend publication, and finally to close permanently in 1904. Its proprietors re-opened the paper under its current name in 1905.
Founded as the organ of the Young Finnish Party, the paper has been politically independent and non-aligned since the 1932.
Helsingin Sanomat has a long history as a family business, owned by the Erkko family. It is currently owned by the Sanoma media group which also owns Ilta Sanomat.
The relationship between the owners of Helsingin Sanomat and Finland's government have sometimes been close. For instance, during the run-up to the Winter War, Eljas Erkko was at the same time the paper's publisher and Finland's foreign minister.
Mikael Pentikäinen was the editor-in-chief until May 2013 when he was fired from the post. Riikka Venäläinen replaced him temporarily in the post.
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