Arena (Swedish magazine)

For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation).

Arena is a Swedish-language bi-monthly left-leaning magazine.^[1] It publishes reports, interviews and essays on politics and culture. In 2017 the magazine went on online-only format.

Arena

Cover of issue 6, 2012 focusing on income inequality in Sweden
Editor	Mikael Feldbaum and Malena Rydell
Former editors	Per Wirtén, Karolina Ramqvist and Devrim Mavi
Categories	Current affairs, politics and culture
Circulation	3,600
Founder	Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén
First issue	1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Final issue	2017 (print)
Company	Arenagruppen
Country	Sweden
Based in	Stockholm
Language	Swedish
Website	www.magasinetarena.se
ISSN	1652-0556
OCLC	186005604

History and profile

Arena was founded by Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén. It was first published in 1993 under the name Politikens, kulturens & idéernas arena. In 2003 the name was shortened to Arena.^[2] The magazine has a socialist political stance.^[3] Per Wirtén served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.^[3] Another was Devrim Mavi, a politician.^[4] As of 2014 it was one of the four Swedish magazine members of the European magazine-network Eurozine.^[5]

Arena published six issues per year and had a circulation of approximately 3,600 copies in 2013.^[6]