Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Politiken Fonden (88.4%) Ellen Hørups Fond (4.4%) Others (7.3%) |
Publisher | JP/Politikens Hus A/S |
Editor | Christian Jensen |
Founded | 1 October 1884 |
Political alignment | Social liberal |
Language | Danish |
Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Circulation | 88,597 (2013) |
Sister newspapers | Jyllands-Posten |
Website | Politiken |
Politiken (Danish pronunciation: [poliˈtiɡən]) is a leading Danish daily broadsheet newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1884 and played a role in the formation of the Danish Social Liberal Party. Since 1970 it has been independent of the party but maintains a liberal and centre-left stance. It now runs an online newspaper, politiken.dk. The paper's design won several international awards, and a number of its journalists won the Cavling Prize.
Dagbladet Politiken was founded on 1 October 1884 in Copenhagen by Viggo Hørup, Edvard Brandes and Hermann Bing. Hørup and Brandes formed the newspaper after being fired as editors from the Morgenbladet over political differences. Hørup led the paper as editor-in-chief for fifteen years from its start in 1884.
In 1904, the tabloid Ekstra Bladet was founded as a supplement to Politiken and was later spun off as an independent newspaper on 1 January 1905. The paper established its present location in central Copenhagen at The City Hall Square in 1912.
In 1987 Politiken started its business supplement. The paper was published by Politikens Hus until 1 January 2003 when the company merged with Jyllands-Posten A/S to form JP/Politikens Hus. Thus, Jyllands-Posten became its sister paper.Politiken is published in broadsheet format.