Post- och Inrikes Tidningar

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Digital

Owner	Titel Data Ltd.
Publisher	Horace Engdahl
Founded	1645
Language	Swedish
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden

Website: www.poit.org

Post- och Inrikes Tidningar or PoIT (Swedish for "Post and Domestic Newspaper") is the government newspaper and gazette of Sweden, and the country's official notification medium for announcements like bankruptcy declarations or auctions. The newspaper also carries advertising, the largest advertiser being the Swedish Patent and Registration Office.

It is the oldest currently published newspaper in the world, although as of the January 1, 2007 edition, it has switched over to an internet-only format. Hans Holm, who served as the chief editor of Post-och Inrikes Tidningar for 20 years, said, "We think it's a cultural disaster," "It is sad when you have worked with it for so long and it has been around for so long." ^[1]^[2]

It was founded as the Ordinari Post Tijdender ("Regular Mail Tidings" or "Regular Mail News") in 1645 by Queen Christina and Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna. All postmasters in the country were required to submit reports of information they heard, and the newspaper was then distributed to public notice boards throughout the country[1]. In 1791, Gustav III designated the Swedish Academy to distribute and publish the newspaper, a practice that continues today. In 1821 it merged with the Inrikes Tidningar ("Domestic Newspaper") to form the Post- och Inrikes Tidningar[2].

In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was the leading news source in the country, but by 1922, under competition from commercial papers, it had been reduced to publishing government, corporate, and legal announcements.

As of 2000, Post- och Inrikes Tidningar is published online at PointLex, and all editions from 1771 to 1860 are available at Project Tiden. ^[3] The current director of the publication is Horace Engdahl, who is also the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.