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Faktum

Street newspaper

*Faktum*
June 2009 issue
Editor in Chief	Malin Kling
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	20 000
First issue	2001
Country	Sweden
Based in	Gothenburg
Language	Swedish
Website	http://www.faktum.nu/
ISSN	1650-948X

Faktum is a street newspaper sold by homeless people in Gothenburg,^[1]^[2] and other cities in southern Sweden. It is the equivalent of Situation Sthlm in Stockholm,^[3]^[4] Aluma in Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg,^[5]^[6] and The Big Issue in English-speaking countries.^[7]^[8]

The paper was founded in 2001.^[1]

In 2006 it was awarded the grand prize of the Swedish Publicists' Association (Publicistklubben) together with its sister papers Situation Sthlm and Aluma.^[1]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Andersson, Carl-Erland (18 October 2006). "Faktum - en tanke på tvären". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 May 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ Lerneby, Mats (7 September 2004). "Stödkonsert - ett faktum för Faktum". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 November 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ Carpentier, N.; Hahmann, H.; Campbell, B.; Gielen, P.; den Boer, L.W.J.; Doudaki, V.; Colakides, H.B.Y.; Trimikliniotis, N.; Yolga, H. (2018). Respublika!: Experiments in the performance of participation and democracy. NeMe. p. 118. ISBN 978-9963-9695-8-6. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ "Faktum börjar säljas i Karlstad". Värmlandsnytt (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ Holender, Robert (22 May 2006). "De hemlösas tidningar prisades". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ "Röster åt utsatta fick publicistpris". Ekot (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ "Faktum". INSP. 15 October 2021. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ "Walk the streets of Gothenburg with those who live there – Perfect Fools". Perfect Fools. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ "Röster åt utsatta fick publicistpris". Ekot (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2009.