Aftonbladet is a Swedish newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan Hierta in December 1830 under the name of Aftonbladet I Stockholm during the modernization of Sweden. In 1852 the paper began to use its current name, Aftonbladet, after 25 name changes.It describes itself as an "independent social-democratic newspaper".but it also publishes extreme left-wing columnists in its culture section.The owners of Aftonbladet are the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) which bought it in the 1950s and Norwegian media group Schibsted which acquired its share in the paper in the late 1990s. LO sold a large of its shares in the paper to the Schibsted group.As per 15 June 2009 Schibsted bought another 41% and became the majority owner with 91%.However, LO has the right to appoint the political editor of the paper.