Entity Type: Domestic Media Company

Bonnier Group is a privately held Swedish media conglomerate, wholly owned by the Bonnier family, whose origins trace back to 1804, when Gerhard Bonnier opened a bookstore in Copenhagen. The group operates across 12 countries with interests spanning newspapers, book publishing, magazines, film, digital media, and real estate. Its major subsidiaries include Bonnier News — the Nordic region’s largest news media company, publishing titles such as Dagens Nyheter, Expressen, and Dagens industri — and Bonnier Books.

Proletären is a Swedish weekly newspaper founded in 1970 as the official organ of the Kommunistiska partiet (Communist Party of Sweden), then known as KFML(r). Proletären publishes a weekly 20–28-page magazine in print and digital formats, covering domestic and international news, in-depth analysis, culture, sport, and reports (often from demonstrations and political events).  On its about page, Proletären acknowledges it is “not objective or neutral” (inte objektiva eller neutrala) and takes a clear editorial position “for welfare, peace, and socialism, against right-wing politics and imperialism” (för välfärd, fred och socialism, mot högerpolitik och imperialism), while stating it values accuracy and source criticism and is a member of Sweden’s voluntary media ethics system.

Dagens Nyheter is a Swedish daily morning newspaper founded on December 23, 1864 by publisher and journalist Rudolf Wall in Stockholm. It was Sweden’s first modern morning newspaper, and Wall served as editor-in-chief until 1889. Since 1909, Dagens Nyheter has been owned by the Bonnier Group, a Swedish media conglomerate controlled by the Bonnier family and operating across 12 countries. The paper covers national and international affairs, foreign news, domestic political coverage, and arts, and is widely considered Sweden’s largest morning newspaper by circulation. Its editorial stance is described as independently liberal, a position it has formally held since distancing itself from Sweden’s liberal party establishment in 1972. The paper is published both in print and digitally. 

Aeon Media Group was founded in 2020 in Avesta, Sweden, with Markus Andersson serving as its CEO. The group owns several outlets under its umbrella, including Nya Dagbladet, The Nordic Times, and Aeon News. In its company profile, the group positions itself as a Nordic leader, claiming to be “pioneering media innovation across Sweden, Norway, Denmark & Finland.” The group’s self-proclaimed mission of supporting “quality journalism” and “independent media” contrasts with the well-documented track record of its flagship publication, Nya Dagbladet, which has been widely identified as a platform for right-wing extremism, conspiracy theories, anti-vaccine rhetoric, and disinformation.

The Nordic Times, or TNT, was founded in 2022. According to its own description, it is “an English-language independent international newspaper.” TNT covers news stories from the Nordic countries as well as from around the world, aiming to strengthen Nordic culture and enrich other cultures through the spreading of Nordic perspectives and ideas. It is currently owned by Aeon Media Group. Expo, a Swedish anti-racist foundation that has long monitored right-wing organizations, has alleged that The Nordic Times is “a Swedish far-right news site in disguise,” similar to Swedish-language outlets on the right.