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Norran
	Norran huset
Type	Newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner(s)	Skelleftepress
Founder(s)	Anton Wikström
Founded	1910; 115 years ago
Language	Swedish
Headquarters	Skellefteå
Circulation	22,700 (2013)
Website	Norran

Norran (previously named Norra Västerbotten)^[1] is a Swedish language liberal newspaper published in Skellefteå, Sweden.

History and profile

Norran was founded by a group of liberal newspaper enthusiasts led by Anton Wikström from Jörn in 1910.^[2] The first official edition was published 1 January 1911. The paper is owned by the foundation Skelleftepress. It is published in Berliner format^[3] in Skellefteå, and chiefly distributed in the northern parts of Västerbotten. The stated position of the editorial is liberal.

Most of the newspaper's local articles are written in Skellefteå, but it also has local editors in Arjeplog, Arvidsjaur, Malå and Norsjö.

It has been published on the Internet since February 1996 and the main news service is freely available.

In correlation with the newspaper's 100-year-anniversary, the staff announced on 4 January 2010 that its name would be changed into Norran, a name which has been used by its readers for decades.^[4] The official web site's URL was already norran.se.^[4]

In February 2023, as the new electric battery factory Northvolt started to recruit English-speaking staff from all over the world, Norran launched an English-language news service, Norran English, edited by former UK national newspaper journalist, Paul Connolly. Norran was the first newspaper in Sweden to launch an English-language service.

Circulation

In 1959 the circulation of the paper was 24,000 copies.^[2] The paper had a circulation of 23,200 copies in 2012 and 22,700 copies in 2013.^[5]

Editors-in-chief

Anton Wikström 1913–1935
Zolo Stärner 1935–1953
K H Wikström 1953–1978
Rolf Brandt 1978–1989
Stig Ericsson 1989–1997
Birger Thuresson 1997–1999
Ola Theander 1999-2004
Sofia Olsson Olsén 2004–2006
Anders Steinvall 2006–2008
Anette Novak 2009–2011
Lars Andersson 2012–^[6]

References

^ "Norran byter namn till Norran" [Norran changes its name to Norran]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 4 January 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden (PDF). Gothenburg: Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-08-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "Newspapers Next Generation" (PDF). Boström Design and Development. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Norra Västerbotten byter namn" [Norra Västerbotten changes its name]. Medievärlden (in Swedish). 4 January 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ Frank Eriksson Barman (2014). "In search of a profitability framework for the local daily newspaper industry. A case study at Göteborgs-Posten" (Report). Gothenburg: Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^ History Archived 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine