Arena (Swedish magazine) explained

Arena
Editor:Mikael Feldbaum and Malena Rydell
Previous Editor:Per Wirtén, Karolina Ramqvist and Devrim Mavi
Category:Current affairs, politics and culture
Circulation:3,600
Founder:Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén
Finaldate:2017 (print)
Company:Arenagruppen
Country:Sweden
Language:Swedish
Issn:1652-0556
Oclc:186005604

Arena is a Swedish-language bi-monthly left-leaning magazine.[1] It publishes reports, interviews and essays on politics and culture. In 2017 the magazine went on online-only format.

History and profile

Arena was founded by Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén. It was first published in 1993 under the name Politikens, kulturens & idéernas arena. In 2003 the name was shortened to Arena.[2] The magazine has a socialist political stance. Per Wirtén served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[3] Another was Devrim Mavi, a politician.[4] As of 2014 it was one of the four Swedish magazine members of the European magazine-network Eurozine.[5]

Arena published six issues per year and had a circulation of approximately 3,600 copies in 2013.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Magasinet Arena. Sveriges Kulturtidskrifter. 2 April 2020. Swedish.
  2. Web site: Arena. sv. Nationalencyklopedin. NE Nationalencyklopedin. 8 April 2013.
  3. Book: Henrik Bachner. Lars Rensmann. Julius H. Schoeps. Politics and Resentment: Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union. 2011. Brill. Leiden; Boston. 978-90-04-19047-4. 347. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004190474_012. 14. Political Cultures of Denial? Antisemitism in Sweden and Scandinavia. 10.1163/9789004190474_012.
  4. News: Feminist cash burning provokes backlash. The Local. 2 December 2021. 7 July 2010.
  5. Web site: Members. Eurozine. 20 September 2014. 20 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141120065558/http://www.eurozine.com/journals/samtiden/selfdescription.html.
  6. Web site: 8 April 2013. Arena. Swedish. Tidningsstatistik AB.