Type Daily newspaper Political alignment Communist Ceased publication 1982 | Founded 1919 Language Danish Headquarters Copenhagen | |
Land og Folk ([ˈlanˀ ʌ ˈfʌlɡ̊ˀ], Land and People) was a Danish language communist daily newspaper published in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 1919 and 1982.
History and profile
The newspaper was established as a weekly in 1919 under the name of Arbejdet (meaning Labor in English). In 1920 the paper became the central organ of the Communist Party of Denmark. Next year it was renamed as Arbejderbladet (meaning the Worker's Paper in English) following the formation of the federation. In 1934 the paper began to be published daily.
The paper was published with the title of Arbejderbladet until June 1941. On 22 August 1941, the paper was banned. It was renamed as Land og Folk on 1 March 1942 after it was briefly published as Politiske Maanedsbreve (meaning Political Monthly Letters in English). The paper was illegally published by the Danish resistance movement until 1945.
In 1950 an automatic Mercedes printing machine and in 1969 a printing press were given to Land og Folk by the East German communist party, SED.
Frede Jakobsen served as the editor-in-chief Land og Folk which was based in Copenhagen.
In the 1960s the subscribers of Land og Folk included large number of Russians and the paper was sent to Moscow each day.
In the 1920s its circulation ranged between 4,000 and 6,000 copies. During the next decade its circulation was significantly increased and became nearly 12,000 copies in 1940. By the end of the Nazi occupation in 1945 the paper had a daily circulation of 120,000 copies. During the last six months of 1957 the paper had a circulation of 10,833 copies on weekdays. The circulation of Land og Folk was 7,100 copies in 1975.
Land og Folk ceased publication in 1982.
The photo archive of Land og Folk is kept in Arbejdermuseet (meaning The Workers' Museum in English).