Expressen
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Expressen is a Swedish centre-right tabloid newspaper founded in 1944. It describes its editorial position as "independently liberal".
The first edition was released in November 16 1944. A main feature that day was an interview with the crew members of a British bomber who were successful in sinking the German ship Tirpitz.
Received much negative attention in the end of 2005, after having published an article falsely accusing Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt of severe alcoholism. It attested that Persbrandt should have been forcibly committed to an alcohol-detoxification program. This later proved to be completely untrue.
After the incident, chief editor Otto Sjöberg offered a public apology directed to Persbrant, and admitted that the article had been a product of "bad journalist practice".
In March 2006, chief editor Otto Sjöberg made the controversial decision to publish the name and picture of a suspected serial rapist, Hagamannen, the day after he was captured. The move was criticised by, among others, the lead investigator of the case, since it risked damaging the use of a police line-up as evidence for the instances where the suspected rapist had not left any trace evidence on the victim.
See also
List of Swedish newspapersExternal link
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