Arena (Swedish magazine)
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 Cover of issue 6, 2012 focusing on income inequality in Sweden | |
| Editor | Mikael Feldbaum and Malena Rydell |
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| Former editors | Per Wirtén, Karolina Ramqvist and Devrim Mavi |
| Categories | Current affairs, politics and culture |
| Circulation | 3,600 |
| Founder | Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén |
| First issue | 1993 |
| Final issue | 2017 (print) |
| Company | Arenagruppen |
| Country | Sweden |
| Based in | Stockholm |
| Language | Swedish |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1652-0556 |
| OCLC | 186005604 |
Arena is a Swedish-language bi-monthly left-leaning magazine.[1] It publishes reports, interviews and essays on politics and culture. In 2017 the magazine went on online-only format.
History and profile
[edit]Arena was founded by Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén. It was first published in 1993 under the name Politikens, kulturens & idéernas arena. In 2003 the name was shortened to Arena.[2] The magazine has a socialist political stance.[3] Per Wirtén served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[3] Another was Devrim Mavi, a politician.[4] As of 2014 it was one of the four Swedish magazine members of the European magazine-network Eurozine.[5]
Arena published six issues per year and had a circulation of approximately 3,600 copies in 2013.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Magasinet Arena". Sveriges Kulturtidskrifter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Arena". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). NE Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ a b Henrik Bachner (2011). "Political Cultures of Denial? Antisemitism in Sweden and Scandinavia". In Lars Rensmann; Julius H. Schoeps (eds.). Politics and Resentment: Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union. Vol. 14. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 347. doi:10.1163/9789004190474_012. ISBN 978-90-04-19047-4.
- ^ "Feminist cash burning provokes backlash". The Local. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Members". Eurozine. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Arena". Tidningsstatistik AB (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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[edit]Categories:
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- Bi-monthly magazines published in Sweden
- Cultural magazines
- Defunct political magazines published in Sweden
- Magazines established in 1993
- Magazines disestablished in 2017
- Magazines published in Stockholm
- Online magazines with defunct print editions
- Swedish-language magazines
- Socialist magazines