Iltalehti

Crosswire lists Iltalehti as Center within Finland's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.

Read Iltalehti beside another title from Finland and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Tabloid front pages compress the day into one dominant image and a short, emphatic headline, so with Iltalehti the editorial choice is mostly in what earns that single slot — and what is pushed off the page entirely. Because Iltalehti is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Finland either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Iltalehti is one of 6 outlets tracked in Finland, and one of 2 tabloids among them — the other being Ilta-Sanomat. By outlets tracked, Finland ranks 12th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 19 of the 23 tabloids in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Iltalehti outside Finland, starting with Northern Europe, are Ekstra Bladet (Denmark), Õhtuleht (Estonia), BILD (Germany) and Kronen Zeitung (Austria). Opening one of them beside Iltalehti is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.