Grönköpings Veckoblad

Grönköpings Veckoblad is a Swedish satirical monthly magazine. The name translates as "The Grönköping Weekly", or "The Greenville Weekly", Grönköping being a fictional Swedish town.[1] The name Grönköping predates the magazine; it was first used by Albert Engström as a headline for some of his drawings in 1895.[2]

History and profile

Founded in 1902[1] by Hasse Zetterström as a supplement to Söndags-Nisse, it became an independent magazine in 1916. The current editor in chief of the magazine is Ulf Schöldström.[3]

The parody language Transpiranto, a caricature of Esperanto, was introduced in a 1929 article by Nils Hasselskog, "World language in Grönköping's school" ("Världsspråk i Grönköpings skola").[4]

Grönköping has been characterized as a Sweden in miniature. Using bombastic and anachronistic language while purporting to describe and analyse current events in a serious manner, Grönköpings Veckoblad has become a Swedish institution and a standard for what is considered good satire.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Salvatore Attardo (18 March 2014). Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. SAGE Publications. p. 473. ISBN 978-1-4833-4617-5. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. Martin Kylhammar; Göran B. Nilsson (1997). Det klassiska Grönköping: Idyller och paniker (1st ed.). Stockholm: Fischer & Co. p. 9. ISBN 91-7054-835-8.
  3. TTSpektra (8 September 2008). "Ny chef för Grönköpings Veckoblad". Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  4. Gunilla Byrman (20 October 1997). "Europanto eller svenska?". 'HumaNetten. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  5. Martin Åberg (2006). Politikern i svensk satir 1950-2000:Från folkhemspamp till välfärdsmanager. (1st ed.). Lund: Nordic Academic Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 91-89116-83-6.

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