Arbetaren

Arbetarens redaktionsskylt

Arbetaren (English: The Worker) is a Swedish syndicalist newspaper. Founded in 1922, it has been published by the Central Organisation of Swedish Workers (SAC), an anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation, first as a daily newspaper, then as a weekly magazine since 1958.[1][2] The editor-in-chief of Arbetaren sits on the administrative body of the SAC.[3]

During World War II, Arbetaren came under sustained political repression by the Swedish government. Although it was never formally banned, its issues were frequently seized by police immediately after publication.[4] According to Gabriel Kuhn, it was the "most confiscated Swedish journal during World War II".[4] Its editor-in-chief, Birger Svahn, was detained in an internment camps during the war.[4]

As of 2013, the paper had a circulation of 2,500.[5] The following year, Gabriel Kuhn reported its circulation to be 3,500 copies.[6]

  1. ^ Kuhn 2014, p. 169.
  2. ^ "Arbetaren - Uppslagsverk - NE.se". www.ne.se. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kuhn 2014, p. 172.
  4. ^ a b c Kuhn 2014, p. 170.
  5. ^ "Arbetaren". TS Mediefakta (in Swedish). Tidningsstatistik AB. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  6. ^ Kuhn 2014, p. 182.