Arbetet
Arbetet was a Swedish-language social democrat newspaper published in Malmö, Sweden, between 1887 and 2000.History and profile
Arbetet was first published in Malmö on 6 August 1887. Axel Danielsson was the founder and served as the editor-in-chief between 1887 and 1889. The paper had a social democrat leaning and had an official affiliation with the Social Democratic Party.
The target audience of Arbetet was not only Malmö workers but also economically middle-class. Bengt Lidforss was among the contributors of Arbetet. He published articles about natural sciences and political, philosophical and literary issues.
Frans Nilsson served as the editor-in-chief of Arbetet who assumed the post in 1961. From 1980 to 1990 Lars Engqvist was the editor-in-chief.
The paper awarded the Let Live Award. In 1981 the recipient of the award was Lech Walesa.
In the 1980s Arbetet enjoyed high levels of circulation and readership. In 1998 the paper had a circulation of 54,000 copies on weekdays and 58,000 copies on Sundays.
Arbetet ceased publication on 30 September 2000 soon after it went bankrupt in August 2000.
