Stormklockan (Swedish: The storm clock) was a political youth magazine published in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1908 and 1985.

Stormklockan
Cover page of issue 14 dated 1916
CategoriesPolitical youth magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Founded1908
First issueDecember 1908
Final issue1985
CountrySweden
Based inStockholm
LanguageSwedish
ISSN0039-1980
OCLC225833427

History and profile edit

Stormklockan was launched in December 1908 in Stockholm.[1] Zeth Höglund was instrumental in the establishment of the magazine which was started as a weekly social democratic publication.[1] Soon after its start the magazine was made the official media outlet of the Social Democratic Youth.[1] Höglund served as its editor-in-chief.[2] One of the contributors in this period was Allan Wallenius, a Swede from Turku.[3]

Over time the magazine left its original ideology and adopted a socialist stance.[1] During its existence it was published by different groups, including Social Democratic Youth, Young Left, Marxist–Leninist Struggle League and Red Youth.[4] In 1917 Stormklockan was seized several times due to its close alliance with the Social Democratic Party.[5] The magazine folded in 1985.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Kristin Ewins (April 2017). "Swedish communism in print, 1917–45". Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History. 12 (12): 200–234.
  2. ^ Emma Sofia Flood. Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon.
  3. ^ Annvi Gardberg; Martin Huldin (20 February 2021). "Allan Wallenius – en "rödfinne" i Stockholm och hans illegala resor". Yle (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Stormklockan (Stockholm)" (in Swedish). Libris. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  5. ^ Gavin Orton; Philip Holmes (Winter 1976). "Memoirs of an idealist: Vilhelm Moberg's Soldat Med Brutet Gevar". Scandinavian Studies. 48 (1): 43–44. JSTOR 40917576.

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