Grönköpings Veckoblad
Grönköpings Veckoblad is a Swedish satirical monthly magazine. The name translates as "The Grönköping Weekly", Grönköping being a fictional Swedish town. Founded in 1902 by Hasse Zetterström as a supplement to Söndags-Nisse, it became an independent magazine in 1916. The name Grönköping predates the Magazine; it was first used by Albert Engström as a headline for some of his drawings in 1895.[1] The current editor in chief is Ulf Schöldström.[2]
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").[3]
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.[4]
References
- ^ Kylhammar, Martin; Nilsson, Göran B (1997). Det klassiska Grönköping: Idyller och paniker (1st ed.). Stockholm: Fischer & Co. p. 9. ISBN 91-7054-835-8.
- ^ TTSpektra (8 September 2008). "Ny chef för Grönköpings Veckoblad". Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ Gunilla Byrman (20 October 1997). "Europanto eller svenska?". HumaNetten. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ Åberg, Martin (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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