Pohjalainen
# Pohjalainen

Pohjalainen was a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Vaasa, Finland. The paper was in circulation from 1903 to 2020.

## History and profile

Pohjalainen was established in 1903. It was based in Vaasa and part of the Ilkka-Yhtymä, which also owns the Seinäjoki local and regional paper Ilkka.

As of 2009 Arno Ahosniemi was the editor-in-chief. The paper had a circulation of 26,670 copies in 2009. Pohjalainen sold 22,598 copies in 2013.

In September 2019 it was announced Pohjalainen and Ilkka would be merged into a single newspaper, known as Ilkka-Pohjalainen, starting 30 January 2020.

## Editors

* 1903: O. E. Könni
* 1903–1905: Erkki Wallin-Voionmaa
* 1905–1910: H. J. Räisänen
* 1910–1913: Yrjö Kataja
* 1913–1924: V. J. Tuomikoski
* 1924–1941: Jaakko Ikola
* 1941–1950: Heikki Hyppönen
* 1951–1980: Ilmari Laukkonen
* 1981–1984: Jaakko Korjus
* 1985–1991: Erkki Malmivaara
* 1991–1996: Jaakko Elenius
* 1996–2002: Kari Mänty
* 2002–2009: Markku Mantila
* 2009: Arno Ahosniemi
* 2010–2013: Kalle Heiskanen
* 2014–2019: Toni Viljanmaa
