Stormklockan

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

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

History and profile

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

  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.