Västerbottens-Kuriren

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Västerbottens-Kuriren
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Stiftelsen VK-press
Editor-in-chief Ingvar Näslund
Founded 1900
Language Swedish
Headquarters Umeå, Sweden
Circulation 34,700 (2010)[1]
ISSN 1104-0246
Official website www.vk.se

Västerbottens-Kuriren is a Swedish newspaper founded in 1900. It is published in Umeå, Västerbotten. The newspaper covers regional news from Västerbotten, especially Umeå, in combination with national news and international news. During the last twenty years the newspaper has been one of the three biggest newspapers in Norrland (the northern part of Sweden). In 2008 the number of subscribers were 37 100. Since 1937 the newspaper annually honor the best sportsman or sportswoman from Västerbotten with the so-called VK-priset. Among the prizewinners are Ingemar Stenmark, Anja Pärson, Marta Vieira da Silva and Assar Rönnlund.

References and notes

  1. "Västerbottens-Kuriren". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 March 2011. 

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