preparations for the newspaper began in 2014, on suggestion from ilile dumitru, who had seen "situation sthlm" being sold by the homeless of stockholm. the newspaper was created by the association sams, a coalition of several different organizations and churches in skellefteå. the first issue – numbering 5,000 – was printed by "norran", and featured content created by various writers on a non-profit basis. the second issue, with 15,000 prints, was likewise printed by "norran" and financed by volunteer donations. to support the newspaper an association called the friends of dik manusch was formed.