| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Owner: | NTM Group |
| Foundation: | 1905 |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Headquarters: | Norrköping |
| Publishing Country: | Sweden |
| Sister Newspapers: | Norrköpings Tidningar |
| Website: | http://www.folkbladet.se/nyheter/ |
| Issn: | 1103-9272 |
Folkbladet (Swedish: The People's Paper) is a Swedish-language newspaper published in Norrköping, Sweden. The paper has been in circulation since 1905.
The paper was founded by workers with the name Östergötlands Folkblad in 1905.[1] In 1998 it was renamed Folkbladet.[1] The paper is headquartered in Norrköping and is owned by the Norrköping Tidningar AB (NTM Group).[2] The company acquired the paper in 2000.[3] Norrköpings Tidningar became its sister paper of following this acquisition.[4]
Before this transaction Folkbladet had a social democratic political stance.[5] When it was a social democratic publication one of its contributors was Lars Stjernkvist, a social democrat politician and future secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.[6]
In 2010 Folkbladet sold 6,500 copies.[3]