(lit. South Finland News), nickname Etlari) is a Finnish daily newspaper published in Lahti, Finland. It is the leading paper in its metropolitan area.Etelä-Suomen Sanomat mukaan lehtikoalitioon , Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish), 24 April 2009Europa World Year Book 1 p. 1652 (Europa Publications Ltd 2004) () (listing paper as principal paper in Lahti)
History and profile began publishing in 1914.Päijäthämäläisen sanomalehden 110 vuotta, (in Finnish), 16 April 2010 (a history of the paper and its predecessors) The paper originated from the prior Lahden Lehti (1900–1909) and Lahden Sanomat (1909–1914) newspapers.Tästä on hyvä jatkaa, (in Finnish), 16 April 2010 (commentary from the paper's editor, Heikki Hakala) The paper has a liberal editorial stance.
Heikki Hakala has served as editor-in-chief since 1996.A new perspective for improving Finnish health care - Speakers , Sitra.fi, Retrieved 3 August 2010 (includes brief biographical paragraph on Hakala)
Circulation The circulation of began to grow during the 1940s. Its circulation was 67,185 copies in 2001. The 2004 circulation of the paper was 62,155 copies. The same year the paper had a readership of 145,000. The paper had a circulation of 60,889 copies. In 2007 the circulation of the paper was 61,003 copies.
In 2009 its circulation was 60,420 copies.Circulation Statistics 2009 , Levikintarkastus Oy – Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations, Retrieved 3 August 2010 Its circulation was 56,616 copies in 2011. The circulation of the paper was 51,537 copies in 2013.
Chief editors Oskar Marjanen 1914 Kaarlo Kytömaa 1914–1915 Jaakko Tervo 1915–1920 Jalmari Niemi 1920–1927 William Ilmoni 1927–1932 Frans Keränen 1932–1962 Tauno Lahtinen 1962–1983 Olli Järvinen 1962–1973 Eeva Rissanen 1972–1986 Kauko Mäenpää 1984–1999 Pentti Vuorio 1986–1995 Heikki Hakala 1997–2014 Perttu Kauppinen 2015–2018 Markus Pirttijoki 2019–
References
External links Official site