| Category: | Satirical magazine |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Founder: | Hasse Zetterström |
| Founded: | 1902 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Based: | Stockholm |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Issn: | 0017-4548 |
| Oclc: | 497440061 |
Grönköpings Veckoblad is a Swedish satirical monthly magazine. The name translates as "The Grönköping Weekly", or "The Greenville Weekly", Grönköping being a fictional Swedish town.[1] The name Grönköping predates the magazine; it was first used by Albert Engström as a headline for some of his drawings in 1895.[2]
Founded in 1902[1] by Hasse Zetterström as a supplement to Söndags-Nisse, it became an independent magazine in 1916. As of 2008 the editor in chief of the magazine was Ulf Schöldström.[3] The magazine is based in Stockholm.[4]
The parody language Transpiranto, a caricature of Esperanto, was introduced in a 1929 article by Nils Hasselskog, "World language in Grönköping's school" ("Världsspråk i Grönköpings skola").[5]
Grönköping has been characterized as a Sweden in miniature. Using bombastic and anachronistic language while purporting to describe and analyse current events in a serious manner, Grönköpings Veckoblad has become a Swedish institution and a standard for what is considered good satire.[6]
The declared editorial stance is that they "always agree with the government, especially when they are wrong."