Expressen
Expressen is a Swedish tabloid-format newspaper published in Stockholm and one of the country's major news outlets. Its editorial page takes a liberal stance, and it covers national and international news, politics, sport, and entertainment for a broad audience across print and digital platforms.
Expressen at a glance
- Country
- Sweden
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Tabloid
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1944
- Owner
- Bonnier
- Published from
- Stockholm
- Website
- expressen.se ↗
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How Crosswire groups Expressen
Crosswire groups Expressen as Centrist for comparisons within Sweden's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Sweden, Aftonbladet is listed as Left-leaning, while Svenska Dagbladet is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Expressen beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Expressen sits in Sweden's press
Expressen was founded in 1944, is published from Stockholm and is owned by Bonnier. It is one of 7 outlets tracked in Sweden, and one of 2 tabloids among them — the other being Aftonbladet. By outlets tracked, Sweden ranks seventh of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 19 of the 23 tabloids in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Expressen outside Sweden, starting with Northern Europe, are Ilta-Sanomat (Finland), Õhtuleht (Estonia), BILD (Germany) and Kronen Zeitung (Austria). Opening one of them beside Expressen is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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