title: Västerbottens Folkblad
text: # Västerbottens Folkblad
  
  Västerbottens Folkblad is a Swedish language newspaper published in Umeå, Sweden.
  
  ## History and profile
  
  Västerbottens Folkblad was founded in 1917. It is published in Umeå, Västerbotten and covers regional news from Västerbotten.
  
  In 2001 the company which owns Västerbottens-Kuriren, another newspaper in Umeå, acquired 50% of the paper. Two years later the company became the majority owner of the paper with 91% of its share.
  
  In 2010 the circulation of Västerbottens Folkblad was 12,300 copies.
  
  ## References and notes
  
  * 1 2 "Västerbottens Folkblad". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  * 1 2 Mart Ots (2011). "Competition and collaboration between Swedish newspapers – an overview and case study of a restructuring market" (Conference paper). University of Akkureyri. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  