Jönköpings-Posten

Swedish newspaper

Jönköpings-Posten

Jönköpings-Posten's old building in Jönköping in October 2017

Type| Newspaper
Format| Tabloid
Owner(s)| Bonnier Group
Founder(s)| Herman Hall [1]
Founded| January 17, 1865; 160 years ago (1865-01-17)
Political alignment| Liberal
Language| Swedish
Headquarters| Science Park Towers
Framgången 1
551 80, Jönköping
Sweden [2][3]
Country| Sweden
Circulation| ≈100,000 print and digital channels combined (2025)[4]
ISSN| 1103-9469
OCLC number| 940608147
Website| Jönköpings-Posten

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Jönköpings-Posten, commonly called JP,[5][6] is a Swedish newspaper published in Jönköping. It is the oldest and largest newspaper in both Jönköping county and the larger Småland area.[7] Jönköpings-Posten has a monopoly position in its region.[8] The news organization is owned by Bonnier Group, the largest newspaper and media organization in the Nordic countries.[9]

## History and profile

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Jönköpings-Posten was first published on 17 January 1865.[10] The paper, which has a liberal stance[11][12], is based in the town of Jönköping and is published six days per week from Monday to Saturday.[13] It was originally published in broadsheet format and was the last Swedish newspaper to switch to tabloid format.[14][15][16] Jönköpings-Posten is primarily distributed via digital channels - website, Android or iOS app, and reaches on average 100 thousand people on a daily basis.[17][18][19]

Historic circulation  Year  | Circulation

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2012  | 32,800
2013  | 31,400[20]

## References

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1. ^ "Herman T Hall". National Archives of Sweden (in Swedish). 16 July 2025. Archived from the original on 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
2. ^ Svensson, Anette (25 February 2024). "Jönköpings-Posten flyttar – Science Park Towers blir ny adress" [Jönköpings-Posten relocates - Science Park Towers is the new address]. Jönköpings-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
3. ^ "Kontakta Jönköpings-Posten". Ocast (in Swedish). 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025. "Adress: Framgången 1, 551 80, Jönköping"
4. ^ "Räckviddsrapport ORVESTO Konsument 2024:2" [Consumer Reach Report, Orvesto 2024:2] (PDF). Kantar Sifo. 24 February 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
5. ^ Admin, Tromb (9 January 2024). "JP mest lönsamma dagstidningen" [JP is the most profitable daily newspaper]. Journalisten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025. "JP har legat bland de tre mest lönsamma tidningarna varje år de senaste fem åren, med en nettomarginal på mellan 21 och 33 procent – och har därmed klarat sig genom hela dagspressens lågkonjunkturperiod utan att lönsamheten påverkats nämnvärt." [JP has been among the top three most profitable newspapers every year for the past five years, with a net margin of between 21% and 33% - and has thus survived the entire period of recession in the daily press without any significant impact on profitability.]
6. ^ Andersson, Annsofie (28 August 2007). "JP – boven bakom tidningskonflikten" [JP - the culprit behind the newspaper conflict]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025. "Just JP kan sägas vara en orsak till hela den pågående tidningskonflikten." [JP in particular can be said to be a cause of the whole ongoing newspaper conflict.]
7. ^ "Jönköping efter år 1900" [Jönköping after year 1900]. Jönköping University (in Swedish). 24 September 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025. "I början av 1950-talet fanns det fyra dagstidningar i Jönköping; Jönköpings-Posten, Smålands Allehanda, Smålands Folkblad och Smålandsbygdens tidning. Av dessa var Jönköpings-Posten både störst och äldst, grundad 1865."
8. ^ "Press Subsidies and Local News: The Swedish Case" (PDF). University of Oxford. 14 July 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025. "Jönköpings-Posten has a regional monopoly"
9. ^ "The ten largest newspaper companies in the Nordics by turnover (2022)". Nordicom at University of Gothenburg. 31 January 2024. Archived from the original on 16 May 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
10. ^ "Årtal och händelser i Jönköping". Maltell (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
11. ^ "Press Subsidies and Local News: The Swedish Case" (PDF). stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk. 4 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2025. "Jönköpings-Posten (liberal);"
12. ^ Anna-Sara Lind; Mia Lövheim; Ulf Zackariasson (1 March 2016). Reconsidering Religion, Law, and Democracy: New challenges for Society and Research. Nordic Academic Press. p. 242\. ISBN 978-91-88168-23-8. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
13. ^ "Good to Know from A to Z". Jönköping University. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
14. ^ "Nu är även Jönköpings-Posten tabloid" [Jönköpings-Posten is now also a tabloid]. Journalisten (in Swedish). 9 January 2024. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025. "Jönköpings-Posten var den sista morgontidning att gå över till tabloid." [Jönköpings-Posten was the last morning newspaper to switch to tabloid.]
15. ^ "Newspapers Next Generation" (PDF). Boström Design and Development. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
16. ^ Ulrika Andersson (2013). "From Broadsheet to Tabloid: Content changes in Swedish newspapers in the light of a shrunken size". Observatorio (OBS) Journal. 7 (4). Retrieved 26 February 2015.
17. ^ "Räckviddsrapport ORVESTO Konsument 2024:2" [Consumer Reach Report, Orvesto 2024:2] (PDF). Kantar Sifo. 24 February 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
18. ^ "Jonkopings-Posten e-tidning on the App Store". Apps on Apple App Store. 13 July 2025. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
19. ^ "Jönköpings-Posten e-tidning". Apps on Google Play Store. 23 June 2025. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
20. ^ 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 6 March 2015.

## External links

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* Official website
* Media related to Jönköpings-Posten at Wikimedia Commons