Päivälehti

Päivälehti was a newspaper in Finland, which was then a Grand Duchy under the Czar of Russia. The paper was founded in 1889^[1] as the organ of the Young Finnish Party and was published on six days a week. The founding company of the paper was Sanoma which also started its activities in the same year.^[1] The founder of the paper was the Finnish journalist Eero Erkko who also served as its editor-in-chief.^[1]

Päivälehti, 15 April 1904

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.^[2] In June 1904, a week after Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov was assassinated by Eugen Schauman, Päivälehti published an editorial about how at the time of mid-summer, the light wins against the darkness after all.^[3] As a consequence of this, the paper was closed permanently the same year.^[1]

In its place, the owners founded the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, only four days after the last issue of Päivälehti.

References

1. "SanomaWSOY Corporation - Company Profile". Reference for Business. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
2. Kaarle Nordenstreng (2017). "Freedom of Speech in Finland 1766-2016. A Byproduct of Political Struggles". In Ulla Carlsson; David Goldberg (eds.). The Legacy of Peter Forsskål. 250 Years of Freedom of Expression. Nordicom. p. 81. ISBN 978-91-87957-63-5.
3. "Juhannuksena", Päivälehti, no. 121, p. 2, 24 June 1904

External links

• History of Päivälehti
• The National Library of Finland: Digitised issues of Päivälehti