Dagbladet Information

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Compact

Owner	A/S Information
Publisher	A/S Information
Editor	Palle Weis
Founded	August, 1945
Political allegiance	Leftist
Language	Danish
Price	DKK 15.00 (Monday–Thursday) DKK 18.00 (Friday–Saturday)^[1]
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark

Website: www.information.dk

Information [enfɒmæˈɕoːˀn], full name: Dagbladet Information [ˈd̥ɑʊ̯ˌb̥læð̪ˀð̪̩(d̥) enfɒmæˈɕoːˀn], is a Danish newspaper published Monday through Saturday.

Originally published during the World War II by the Danish resistance movement. Information was illegal during the war as it was not regulated by the German occupying power. As of May 5, 1945 (Day of German retreat), Dagbladet Information was a reality and the newspaper itself was officially founded in August 1945.

Dagbladet Information is the youngest still-surviving newspaper in Denmark and is in fact still independent. With a daily circulation of 20,834 in the year 2000 it is among the smallest newspapers in Denmark. It has around 110,000 daily readers compared to the 500,000 of other Danish newspapers like Politiken and Jyllands-Posten.

The newspaper, which despite being politically independent primarily is leftist, is very serious and consists of few graphics and is comparable to the French newspaper Le Monde. It is the most-read newspaper among long-educated Danes^{[citation needed]}. Its current editor-in-chief (since october 2004) is Palle Weiss.

The corporation also publishes books.

On September 8, 2006, the newspaper printed six of the less offensive entries from the Iranian Holocaust cartoon exhibition, which was a response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. The editor chose the cartoons after consulting the main rabbi in Copenhagen.^[2]