Kaleva (newspaper)

History and profile

Kaleva was founded in 1899 by Juho Raappana. The owner of the paper is Kaleva Oy and its publisher is Kaleva publishing house. The paper is based in Oulu

Although Kaleva has a neutral stance and no political affiliation,

In 2011 Kaleva published a report on the sexual abuse of children by the members of the Conservative Laestadianism, leading to public anger and the cancellation of subscription by nearly 200 readers.

Circulation

In 1993 Kaleva had a circulation of 95,118 copies. Its circulation was 83,151 copies in 2001. It had a circulation of 82,600 copies in 2003. The same year the paper had a readership of 221,000.

Kaleva had the fourth biggest circulation of seven-day newspapers in Finland with 82,000 copies in 2007. It fell to 78,216 copies in 2010 and to 74,787 copies in 2011. In 2013 Kaleva had a circulation of 69,540 copies and was the sixth largest Finnish newspaper by circulation.

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