Hallandsposten is a Swedish local morning newspaper printed in Halmstad, Sweden. It is the major newspaper of Halmstad, Hylte and Laholm municipalities

History and profile

Hallandsposten was established in 1850. The first issue appeared on 30 July 1850. The paper became daily in 1900, before that it was printed two times a week. One of the editors of the paper was Eric Hägge who served in the post in the early 1940s.

Hallandsposten is part of the Mediebolaget Västkusten, MBVK, which also owns Hallands Nyheter. The paper has an independent liberal leaning. The newspaper has digitalised all print editions since 1931. They are scanned, OCR-processed and available to the public. Older prints were excluded because original quality was too low to OCR-process.

Circulation

The circulation of Hallandsposten was 32,200 copies in 1996. Next year the paper reached 120,000 readers.

References

  • Hallandsposten (Swedish)