Hufvudstadsbladet

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Hufvudstadsbladet
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid

Owner	Konstsamfundet
Editor	Max Arhippainen and Barbro Teir
Founded	1864
Political allegiance	Liberal
Language	Swedish
Headquarters	Helsinki

Website: www.hbl.fi

Hufvudstadsbladet (abbr. Hbl) is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters are located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "The Capital City Newspaper", hufvudstad being 19th century Swedish for capital. The newspaper is informally also called Husis or Höblan.

Hufvudstadsbladet was founded by August Schauman in 1864, and the first edition was published on December 5 the same year. During the late 19th century, the paper was the highest-circulation newspaper in Finland.
In 1920 the company Hufvudstadsbladets Förlag och Tryckeri AB was founded to operate the newspaper. The company's principal owner and chief executive officer was Amos Andersson, who would also serve as editor-in-chief of the newspaper between 1922 and 1936. Konstsamfundet (approx. The Art Foundation), founded by Andersson in 1940, took over ownership of Hufvudstadsbladet in 1945, and has wholly owned the newspaper since.

Two weekly supplements are distributed with the newspaper, Vision (television and radio programming information) on Thursdays and Söndagsbilagan (culture and travel) on Sundays. The newspaper recently announced plans to publish a new full-colour weekly magazine from september 2006 that will focus on lifestyle features and photography.

In 2004, Hufudstadsbladet changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid. In the same year, it became Finland's tenth highest circulating newspaper. Currently the newspaper has a circulation of about 51,012.