Politiken
Politiken is a major Danish daily newspaper based in Copenhagen, known for a liberal, centre-left editorial outlook. It provides extensive coverage of politics, culture, and international affairs and is regarded as one of Denmark's leading quality newspapers.
Politiken at a glance
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1884
- Owner
- JP/Politikens Hus
- Published from
- Copenhagen
- Website
- politiken.dk ↗
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How Crosswire groups Politiken
Crosswire groups Politiken as Centrist for comparisons within Denmark's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Denmark, Information is listed as Left-leaning, while Berlingske and Jyllands-Posten are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Politiken beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Politiken sits in Denmark's press
Politiken was founded in 1884, is published from Copenhagen and is owned by JP/Politikens Hus. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Denmark, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being Berlingske, Jyllands-Posten and Information. By outlets tracked, Denmark ranks 11th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Politiken outside Denmark, starting with Northern Europe, are The Guardian (United Kingdom), The Irish Times (Ireland), Morgunblaðið (Iceland) and Aftenposten (Norway). Opening one of them beside Politiken is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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