De Volkskrant

de Volkskrant
Front page of de Volkskrant on 29 March 2010
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatCompact
Owner(s)DPG Media
Editor-in-chiefPieter Klok
Founded2 October 1919 (1919-10-02)
Political alignmentCentre-left[1]
LanguageDutch
Ceased publication4 October 1941 (1941-10-04)
Relaunched8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)
HeadquartersJacob Bontiusplaats 9
CityAmsterdam
CountryNetherlands
OCLC number781575477
Websitevolkskrant.nl

de Volkskrant (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈvɔl(ə)kskrɑnt]; lit.'The People's Paper') is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000.

Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, de Volkskrant today is a medium-sized centrist compact. Pieter Klok is the current editor-in-chief.

  1. ^ Domevscek, Eveline (September 2006). Politieke Kleur Bekennen (PDF) (Master's thesis). Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. hdl:2105/3907.

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