title: Pohjalainen
text: # 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
  