List of newspapers in Finland explained

As of 1946 most of the Finnish newspapers were affiliated with political parties.^[1] The number of national daily newspapers in Finland was 64 in 1950, whereas it was 56 in 1965.^[2] In 1990 there were 252 newspapers in the country.^[3] In 2008 the number was 197.^[3] It rose to 324 titles in 2012, but there was a decrease by 10% between 2006 and 2012.^[4]

Below is a list of newspapers in Finland with their respective cities of publication:

Finnish-language newspapers

Morning newspapers

Aamulehti (Tampere)
Aamuposti (Riihimäki, Hyvinkää, Loppi, Hausjärvi)
Demokraatti (Helsinki)
Etelä-Saimaa (Lappeenranta)
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (Lahti)
Hämeen Sanomat (Hämeenlinna)
Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki)
IIkka (Seinäjoki)
Itä-Häme (Heinola)
Kainuun Sanomat (Kainuu)
Kaleva (Oulu)
Kansan Uutiset (Helsinki)
Karjalainen (Joensuu)
Kauppalehti (Helsinki)
Keskipohjanmaa (Kokkola)
Keskisuomalainen (Jyväskylä)
Kouvolan Sanomat (Kouvola)
Kymen Sanomat (Kotka)
Länsi-Savo (Mikkeli)
Länsi-Suomi (Rauma)
Lapin Kansa (Rovaniemi)
Päivän Sanomat (Helsinki)
Pohjalainen (Vaasa)
Salon Seudun Sanomat (Salo)
Satakunnan Kansa (Pori)
Savon Sanomat (Kuopio)
Taloussanomat (Helsinki)
Turun Sanomat (Turku)
Uusimaa (Porvoo)

"Evening" newspapers (tabloid)

Ilta-Sanomat (Helsinki), founded in 1932
Iltalehti (Helsinki), founded in 1980

Regional newspapers

Keskilaakso (Anjalankoski)
Etelä-Saimaa (Lappeenranta)
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (Lahti)
Hyvinkään Sanomat (Hyvinkää)
(Iisalmi)
Itä-Savo (Savonlinna)
Kainuun Sanomat (Kajaani)
(Pohjois-Karjala)
Karjalan Maa (Pohjois-Karjala)
Kouvolan Sanomat (Kouvola)
(Lohja)
(Helsinki)
Oulunsalo (Oulunsalo)
Tyrvään Sanomat
Uutislehti 100 (Helsinki; defunct)

Swedish-language newspapers

English-language newspapers

Daily Finland www.dailyfinland.fi (Rovaniemi)
Helsinki Times (Helsinki)
News Now Finland www.newsnowfinland.fi

Most valuable brands

Markkinointi & Mainonta business magazine and have researched the value of the newspapers' brands since 2007.^[5]

Most valuable newspaper brands in Finland as of 2009

Notes and References

Ullamaija Kivikuru. When the mainstream takes over: political magazines' attempts to cultivate alternativeness in Finland. . 2022. 28. 1. 9. 10.1080/13216597.2021.2013286. 245158020 .
Book: A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies. Cambridge University Press. New York. Pippa Norris. The Decline of Newspapers?. Fall 2000.
Web site: Jyrki Jyrkiäinen. Media Landscapes. Finland. 24 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209203419/http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/finland. 9 February 2015. dead.
Web site: Volume of domestic production of copyrighted products and services. 2014. Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Report. 23 April 2015.
News: Sanomalehdet kirivät. Kärkkäinen, Vesa . Pietiläinen, Matti. amp. Savon Sanomat. 10 October 2009. 12.