Online current affairs magazine in Sweden
Arena![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Arena_wordmark.png/220px-Arena_wordmark.png) |
![]() Cover of issue 6, 2012 focusing on income inequality in Sweden |
Editor | Mikael Feldbaum and Malena Rydell |
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Former editors | Per Wirtén, Karolina Ramqvist and Devrim Mavi |
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Categories | Current affairs, politics and culture |
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Circulation | 3,600 |
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Founder | Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén |
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First issue | 1993; 31 years ago (1993) |
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Final issue | 2017 (print) |
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Company | Arenagruppen |
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Country | Sweden |
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Based in | Stockholm |
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Language | Swedish |
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Website | www.magasinetarena.se |
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ISSN | 1652-0556 |
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OCLC | 186005604 |
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Arena is a Swedish-language bi-monthly left-leaning magazine.[1] It publishes reports, interviews and essays on politics and culture. In 2017 the magazine went on online-only format.
History and profile
Arena was founded by Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén. It was first published in 1993 under the name Politikens, kulturens & idéernas arena. In 2003 the name was shortened to Arena.[2] The magazine has a socialist political stance.[3] Per Wirtén served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[3] Another was Devrim Mavi, a politician.[4] As of 2014 it was one of the four Swedish magazine members of the European magazine-network Eurozine.[5]
Arena published six issues per year and had a circulation of approximately 3,600 copies in 2013.[6]
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