Owner(s) AS Pärnu Postimees Language Estonian OCLC number 473226655 | Founder(s) Johan Woldemar Jannsen ISSN 1406-2917 | |
Founded 1857; 160 years ago (1857) | ||
Pärnu Postimees is a newspaper published in Estonia. It is one of the oldest papers in the country.
History
The newspaper was first published on 5 June 1857. Its initial title was Perno Postimees ehk Näddalaleht. The founder was Johan Woldemar Jannsen. He was an architecture by profession and is described as the father or Estonian journalism.
The paper aimed at encouraging Estonians and at publishing Estonian literary work. In 1863 the paper moved to Tartu and was renamed as Eesti Postimees (meaning the Estonian Postman in English).
References
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