Sakala_(newspaper)

<i>Sakala</i> (newspaper)

Sakala (newspaper)

Estonian newspaper

For other uses, see Sakala (disambiguation).

Sakala is an Estonian language daily newspaper first published in Viljandi on 11 March 1878 by Carl Robert Jakobson, a major figure of the Estonian national awakening period in the 19th century.[1] It was considered as having a more radical line than the moderate Olevik.[2]

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Sakala was the first political newspaper in Estonian. It was the most popular newspaper among Estonians in the late 19th century. Today it is the local newspaper of Viljandi County.[1]

The masthead logo of Sakala was designed by Eduard Magnus Jakobson.

References

  1. [1]
    "Sakala – Postimees Grupp". postimeesgrupp.ee. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Grenzstein, Ado 1849-1916". Revel Eslen. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.


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