# Blekinge Läns Tidning (BLT)

> Blekinge Läns Tidning (BLT) is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Sweden. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Lean right**.

- **Domain:** blt.se
- **Website:** https://www.blt.se
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** Swedish
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Lean right
- **Founded:** 1869

## About

Reading BLT feels like eavesdropping on five small-town coffee shops at once. It is hyperlocal, unhurried, and fixated on council feuds and football fortunes in Sweden’s southeastern corner. It centers community power structures with a liberal editorial voice that delivers verdicts on regional politics in measured, mid-tempo prose. A 155-year-old broadsheet now fighting for clicks, BLT is the grand old institution that still believes in covering the village planning meeting like it’s the Riksdag.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Owned by Gota Media AB, which is controlled by two foundations: the Barometern Foundation (Kalmar) and the Tore G Wärenstam Foundation (Borås). Bonnier News Local acquired 30% of Gota Media in 2022 through a cross-ownership agreement.
- **Funding:** Subscription-based with digital and print revenue; advertising; eligible for Swedish state press subsidies administered by the Swedish Press and Broadcasting Authority
- **Focus areas:** Local news covering Blekinge's five municipalities (Karlskrona, Ronneby, Karlshamn, Olofström, Sölvesborg); regional politics; sports (notably Mjällby AIF football); crime; business and economy; culture and community events


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-02-02. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.2. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 11 (6 themes).

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