{{Short description|Swedish newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Norran | logo = | image = Norran huset.jpg | caption = Norran huset | type = Newspaper | format = Berliner | owners = Skelleftepress | founder = Anton Wikström | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date and age|1910}} | political_position = | language = Swedish | ceased_publication = | headquarters = Skellefteå | circulation = 22,700 (2013) | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = [http://norran.se''Norran''] }}
'''''Norran''''' (previously named '''''Norra Västerbotten''''')<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=98&artikel=3349615|work=Sveriges Radio|language=Swedish|date=4 January 2010|accessdate=10 July 2010|title=Norran byter namn till Norran|trans-title=Norran changes its name to Norran}}</ref> is a Swedish language liberal newspaper published in Skellefteå, Sweden.
==History and profile== ''Norran'' was founded by a group of liberal newspaper enthusiasts led by Anton Wikström from Jörn in 1910.<ref name=keg>{{cite book|author1=Karl Erik Gustafsson|author2=Per Rydén|title=A History of the Press in Sweden|date=2010|publisher=Nordicom|location=Gothenburg|isbn=978-91-86523-08-4|url=http://presshistoria.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/A-history-of-the-Press-in-Sweden.pdf|accessdate=2 March 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213232250/http://presshistoria.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/A-history-of-the-Press-in-Sweden.pdf|archivedate=13 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first official edition was published 1 January 1911. The paper is owned by the foundation Skelleftepress. It is published in Berliner format<ref>{{cite web|title=Newspapers Next Generation|url=http://bdu.nu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Newspaper-next-generation-2009.pdf|date=2009|publisher=Boström Design and Development|accessdate=12 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529000731/http://bdu.nu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Newspaper-next-generation-2009.pdf|archive-date=29 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Skellefteå, and chiefly distributed in the northern parts of Västerbotten. The stated position of the editorial is liberal.
Most of the newspaper's local articles are written in Skellefteå, but it also has local editors in Arjeplog, Arvidsjaur, Malå and Norsjö.
It has been published on the Internet since February 1996 and the main news service is freely available.
In correlation with the newspaper's 100-year-anniversary, the staff announced on 4 January 2010 that its name would be changed into ''Norran'', a name which has been used by its readers for decades.<ref name="medievarlden">{{cite web|title=Norra Västerbotten byter namn|language=Swedish|date=4 January 2010|accessdate=10 July 2010|work=Medievärlden|trans-title=Norra Västerbotten changes its name|url=http://www.medievarlden.se/nyheter/2010/01/norra-vasterbotten-byter-namn}}</ref> The official web site's URL was already norran.se.<ref name="medievarlden"/>
In February 2023, as the new electric battery factory Northvolt started to recruit English-speaking staff from all over the world, Norran launched an English-language news service, Norran English, edited by former UK national newspaper journalist, Paul Connolly. Norran was the first newspaper in Sweden to launch an English-language service.
==Circulation== In 1959 the circulation of the paper was 24,000 copies.<ref name=keg/> The paper had a circulation of 23,200 copies in 2012 and 22,700 copies in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Frank Eriksson Barman|title=In search of a profitability framework for the local daily newspaper industry. A case study at Göteborgs-Posten|url=http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/203410/203410.pdf|publisher=Chalmers University of Technology|accessdate=7 March 2015|location=Gothenburg|format=Report|date=2014}}</ref>
==Editors-in-chief== *Anton Wikström 1913–1935 *Zolo Stärner 1935–1953 *K H Wikström 1953–1978 *Rolf Brandt 1978–1989 *Stig Ericsson 1989–1997 *Birger Thuresson 1997–1999 *Ola Theander 1999-2004 *Sofia Olsson Olsén 2004–2006 *Anders Steinvall 2006–2008 *Anette Novak 2009–2011 *Lars Andersson 2012–<ref>[http://norran.se/hundra/norranshistoria/article1076582.ece History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310061230/http://norran.se/hundra/norranshistoria/article1076582.ece |date=10 March 2011 }}</ref>
== See also == *List of Swedish newspapers *''Dik Manusch''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://norran.news Norran official archive server] *[https://norran.news/arkiv/artikel/polisen-beslagtog-40000-narkotikapiller/r3zpk08j/ Example for an archived news article]
Category:1910 establishments in Sweden Category:Newspapers established in 1910 Category:Newspapers published in Sweden Category:Swedish-language newspapers Category:Mass media in Västerbotten County Category:Skellefteå Category:Västerbotten