Svenska Dagbladet
Svenska Dagbladet is a Swedish newspaper that publishes "The Phantom" daily strip.
History
Starting June 8, 1942, Svenska Dagbladet became the first newspaper in Sweden to publish the Phantom strip on a daily basis. Before that, it had been published weekly in Vecko-Revyn since 1940.
Although the strip had been called "Fantomen" (a direct translation of "The Phantom") in Vecko-Revyn, it was renamed "Dragos" in Svenska Dagbladet. The reasons for this are still unclear and disputed. The name "Dragos" was after that used in all Swedish (and some Finnish newspapers who published the Phantom daily strip), while "Fantomen" was used as the title in Vecko-Revyn, the Fantomen Christmas Album and the Fantomen comic book.
Over the years, most Swedish newspapers dropped the name "Dragos" and retitled it "Fantomen". Svenska Dagbladet changed the name in 1980. The name change was noted on the front page of Svenska Dagbladet.[1]
For a while, each comic strip in Svenska Dagbladet was published only five days a week on a rotating schedule. Since January 2010, the Phantom strip is published seven days a week.
On June 8, 2012, Svenska Dagbladet celebrated the 70th anniversary of publishing the Phantom strip. The Culture section had the Phantom on the front page, and it included a four-page anniversary article about the Phantom.
Published stories
Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
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"Diana Aviatrix Lost" (part 1) | June 8, 1942 | December 14, 1942 | |
"The Game of Alvar" | December 15, 1942 | May 8, 1943 | |
"Diana Aviatrix Lost" (part 2) | May 10, 1943 | May 29, 1943 | |
"The Phantom's Treasure" | May 31, 1943 | December 22, 1943 | |
"Bent Beak Broder" | December 23, 1943 | May 17, 1944 | first eight strips missing, cancelled on February 3, 1944 but reinstated on March 6 due to readers' demand |
"The Phantom's Engagement" | May 19, 1944 | July 21, 1944 | |
"High Seas Highjacker" | July 22, 1944 | February 28, 1945 | |
"Diana" | March 1, 1945 | May 29, 1945 | |
"The Crooner" | May 30, 1945 | September 5, 1945 | |
"The Maharajah's Daughter" | September 6, 1945 | April 8, 1946 | |
"The Blue Gang" | April 9, 1946 | June 13, 1946 | |
"Lago the Lake God" | June 14, 1946 | August 30, 1946 | |
"The Wild Girl" | August 31, 1946 | November 29, 1946 | |
"The Mermaids of Melo Straits" | November 30, 1946 | March 12, 1947 | |
"Princess Valerie" | March 13, 1947 | August 14, 1947 | |
"Queen Asta of Trondelay" | August 15, 1947 | November 27, 1947 | |
"Mister Hog" | November 28, 1947 | May 7, 1948 | |
"Romance" | May 8, 1948 | January 13, 1949 | |
"The Devil Road" | January 14, 1949 | July 1, 1949 | |
"The Girls" | July 2, 1949 | December 9, 1949 | |
"The Masked Marvel" | December 10, 1949 | April 4, 1950 | |
"Fathers and Sons" | April 5, 1950 | June 12, 1950 | |
"The Flirtatious Princess" | June 13, 1950 | October 10, 1950 | |
"The Thuggees" | October 11, 1950 | April 23, 1951 | |
"The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | April 24, 1951 | July 5, 1951 | |
"The Movie Stars" | July 6, 1951 | November 9, 1951 | |
"The White Monkey" | November 10, 1951 | February 5, 1952 | |
"The Gray Gang" | February 6, 1952 | June 3, 1952 | |
"Whirlpool Channel" | June 4, 1952 | August 27, 1952 | |
"The Tiger Girl" | August 28, 1952 | November 26, 1952 | |
"The Governor's Family" | November 27, 1952 | February 16, 1953 | |
"The Professor" | February 17, 1953 | March 6, 1953 | |
"The Jungle Patrol" | March 8, 1953 | August 22, 1953 | |
"Bobo the Toy Dog" | August 24, 1953 | October 10, 1953 | |
"The Great Ajax" | October 12, 1953 | January 7, 1954 | |
"The Toad Men" | January 8, 1954 | May 31, 1954 | |
"The Lady from Nowhere" | June 1, 1954 | September 20, 1954 | |
"The Matchmaker" | September 21, 1954 | January 14, 1955 | |
"The Super Apes" | January 15, 1955 | May 9, 1955 | |
"Ragon's Game" | May 10, 1955 | September 14, 1955 | |
"The Mob" | September 15, 1955 | December 22, 1955 | |
"The Wrestling Tourney" | December 23, 1955 | April 3, 1956 | |
"Aboard the SS Gay" | April 4, 1956 | June 30, 1956 | |
"The Slimming of Prince Tagon" | July 2, 1956 | September 8, 1956 | |
"Captain Kidder's Treasure" | September 10, 1956 | November 19, 1956 | |
"Dr Axel and the Witchmen" | November 20, 1956 | January 31, 1957 | |
"Queen Sansamor and the Sixth Man" | February 1, 1957 | May 18, 1957 | |
"The Wisdom of Solomon" | May 20, 1957 | June 26, 1957 | |
"U-Town" | June 27, 1957 | May 18, 1957 | |
"The Grove of the Sleeping Giant" | May 19, 1957 | January 4, 1958 | |
"The Shoplifters" | January 7, 1958 | March 24, 1958 | |
"The Heavyweight Champion" | March 24, 1959 | May 23, 1958 | |
"Wambo the Gambler" | May 24, 1958 | August 9, 1958 | |
"The White Princess" | August 11, 1958 | November 10, 1958 | |
"The Valley of No Return" | November 11, 1958 | February 6, 1959 | |
"The Crown Jewels of Corba" | February 7, 1959 | May 12, 1959 | |
"The Scorpia" | May 13, 1959 | September 24, 1959 | |
"The Two Signs" | September 25, 1959 | January 19, 1960 | |
"The Crybaby" | January 20, 1960 | March 29, 1960 | |
"The Underwater Diamond Thieves" | March 30, 1960 | August 8, 1960 | |
"The Betrothal" | August 9, 1960 | November 15, 1960 | |
"The Swamp Rats" | November 16, 1960 | March 10, 1961 | |
"The Flying Horse" | March 11, 1961 | June 30, 1961 | |
"The Reporter" | July 1, 1961 | September 15, 1961 | |
"The Monkey Mail" | September 16, 1961 | January 25, 1962 | |
"The Jungle Olympics" | January 26, 1962 | April 19, 1962 | |
"The 50th Wife" | April 21, 1962 | August 23, 1962 | |
"The Iron Dragon" | August 24, 1962 | November 8, 1962 | |
"The Werewolf" | November 9, 1962 | February 18, 1963 | |
"The Slave Market of Mucar" | February 19, 1963 | August 19, 1963 | |
"The Epidemic" | August 20, 1963 | December 24, 1963 | |
"The Wharf Rats" | December 27, 1963 | April 28, 1964 | |
"The Mysterious Ambassador" | April 29, 1964 | December 17, 1964 | |
"The Mystery of the Island of Dogs" | December 18, 1964 | July 5, 1966 | |
"The Drummer of Timpenni" | July 6, 1966 | October 11, 1966 | |
"The Reef" | October 12, 1966 | January 21, 1966 | |
"The Adventures of Lucy Cary" | January 22, 1966 | July 13, 1966 | |
"The Bad Ones" | July 14, 1966 | November 17, 1966 | |
"The Hanta Witch" | November 18, 1966 | March 4, 1967 | |
"Prince Hali and the White Stallion" | March 6, 1967 | August 9, 1967 | |
"The Sea God" | August 10, 1967 | November 23, 1967 | |
"The Satchel" | November 24, 1967 | February 20, 1968 | |
"The Crime School" | February 21, 1968 | May 16, 1968 | |
"Deadman's Point" | May 17, 1968 | August 26, 1968 | |
"The Rogue Elephant" | August 27, 1968 | December 17, 1968 | |
"Jungle Olympics" | December 18, 1968 | April 5, 1969 | |
"The Frame-Up" | April 8, 1969 | June 12, 1969 | |
"The Hydra" | June 13, 1969 | September 18, 1969 | |
"The Art Thieves" | September 19, 1969 | January 21, 1970 | |
"The Masked Ball" | January 22, 1970 | March 4, 1970 | |
"The Jungle Home" | March 5, 1970 | June 9, 1970 | |
"Rex, the Missing Heir" | June 10, 1970 | September 18, 1970 | |
"The Gladiator" | September 19, 1970 | January 7, 1971 | |
"The Missing Daddy" | January 8, 1971 | April 8, 1971 | |
"Luaga's Undercover Tour" | April 10, 1971 | July 21, 1971 | |
"The Mission" | July 22, 1971 | December 2, 1971 | |
"Yes" | December 3, 1971 | February 14, 1972 | |
"The Fence" | February 15, 1972 | May 12, 1972 | |
"The Mysterious Passenger" | May 13, 1972 | August 1, 1972 | |
"The Lost City of Pheenix" | August 2, 1972 | October 3, 1972 | |
"The Witchman" | October 4, 1972 | January 8, 1973 | |
"The Tanker-Jackers" | January 9, 1973 | April 16, 1973 | |
"The Keeper of the Peace" | April 17, 1973 | July 23, 1973 | |
"The Giant of Kaluga" | July 24, 1973 | November 6, 1973 | |
"The Trial of Patrolman Zokko" | November 7, 1973 | February 15, 1974 | |
"The Things" | February 16, 1974 | May 31, 1974 | |
"Vandal-Looters" | June 1, 1974 | September 9, 1974 | |
"The Pampered Princess" | September 10, 1974 | January 18, 1975 | |
"The Curse of the Sacred Image" | January 20, 1975 | June 19, 1975 | |
"The Normal Life" | June 20, 1975 | October 24, 1975 | |
"The Cavelands" | October 25, 1975 | February 19, 1976 | |
"T" | February 20, 1976 | August 2, 1976 | |
"Hzzz" | August 3, 1976 | November 5, 1976 | the second strip was also reproduced on August 5, 1976. |
"Mystery of Kula-Ku" | November 8, 1976 | May 5, 1977 | |
"S.S. Blitz" | May 6, 1977 | August 8, 1977 | |
"Return of the Terrorists" | August 9, 1977 | November 29, 1977 | |
"The Proposal" | November 30, 1977 | January 13, 1978 | |
"Guardian of the Eastern Dark" | January 14, 1978 | June 2, 1978 | |
"The Tyrant of Tarakimo" | June 3, 1978 | August 17, 1978 | |
"Phantom Wedding" | August 18, 1978 | October 20, 1978 | |
"The Three Bandits" | October 21, 1978 | February 8, 1979 | |
"Return to Tarakimo" | February 9, 1979 | July 23, 1979 | |
"Jungle City" | July 24, 1979 | October 22, 1979 | |
"The Heirs" | October 23, 1979 | March 29, 1980 | |
"Jungle Gold" | March 31, 1980 | July 26, 1980 | |
"The Return of General Bababu" | July 28, 1980 | January 3, 1981 | |
"The Tree House" | January 5, 1981 | June 18, 1981 | |
"The Poachers" | June 22, 1981 | October 2, 1981 | |
"Gooroo's Jungle Muggers" | October 3, 1981 | March 11, 1982 | |
"The Hostages" | March 12, 1982 | June 14, 1982 | |
"The Phantom's Vacation" | June 15, 1982 | August 28, 1982 | |
"The Return of Gooroo's Mob" | August 30, 1982 | December 29, 1982 | |
"Tale of Rex" | December 30, 1982 | September 1, 1983 | |
"Queen Karola of Kula-Ku" | September 2, 1983 | February 8, 1984 | |
"Ughland" | February 9, 1984 | June 12, 1984 | |
"Visit to Baronkhan" | June 13, 1984 | October 17, 1984 | |
"Luck and Wealth" | October 18, 1984 | March 26, 1985 | |
"The Kimberly Diamonds" | March 27, 1985 | June 30, 1985 | |
"The Embassy Siege" | July 1, 1985 | September 28, 1985 | |
"The Presidents" | September 29, 1985 | February 18, 1986 | |
"Drug Busters" | February 19, 1986 | May 17, 1986 | |
"The Lake Lady" | May 18, 1986 | October 16, 1986 | |
"Ruler of Baronkhan" | October 17, 1986 | February 16, 1987 | |
"The Tarashima Terrorists" | February 17, 1987 | November 30, 1987 | |
"The Snake Goddess" | December 1, 1987 | May 7, 1988 | |
"Zabadabah" | May 8, 1988 | September 12, 1988 | |
"The Man-Thing" (part only) | September 13, 1988 | November 8, 1988 | 1st, 6th, 7th, and 14th to 18th week only |
"Great Raptor of Rhua" | November 9, 1988 | February 26, 1989 | |
"The Man-Thing" (part only) | February 27, 1989 | March 16, 1989 | 8th, 9th, and first four strips from 10th week only |
"Chasamba" | March 18, 1989 | August 23, 1989 | with intro comment about confusing with events in the previous story |
"Rex: Prince of Baronkhan" | August 24, 1989 | February 19, 1990 | |
"Massacre at Walker's Table" | February 20, 1990 | May 29, 1990 | |
"The Death Threat" | May 30, 1990 | October 4, 1990 | first four strips missing |
"The Master of Eden" | October 6, 1990 | December 31, 1990 | |
"Attack of the Witchmen" | January 2, 1991 | May 5, 1991 | last two strips repeated by mistake on May 15 and 16 |
"The Valley of the Elephants" | May 6, 1991 | September 3, 1991 | |
"Zima, The Rogue Elephant" | September 4, 1991 | January 13, 1992 | |
"The Jungle Patrol v The Drug Cartel" | January 14, 1992 | June 4, 1992 | |
"King Bongong" | June 6, 1992 | August 26, 1992 | without the last week |
"Prince Rex and Princess Alicia" | August 27, 1992 | November 18, 1992 | |
"Blackie" | November 19, 1992 | February 16, 1993 | |
"The Attilan Mystery" | February 17, 1993 | September 15, 1993 | |
"The Moxley Awards" | September 16, 1993 | January 27, 1994 | |
"Nukes" | January 29, 1994 | June 30, 1994 | |
"Dinosaur" | July 2, 1994 | September 28, 1994 | |
"The Plotters" | September 29, 1994 | January 24, 1995 | |
"The Phantom Cowboy" | January 25, 1995 | September 4, 1995 | |
"Buried Treasure" | September 5, 1995 | January 5, 1996 | |
"The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak" | January 7, 1996 | May 3, 1996 | |
"Raiders of the Eastern Dark" | May 4, 1996 | September 8, 1996 | |
"Mr Big" | September 9, 1996 | January 24, 1997 | |
"Drama on Eden" | January 25, 1997 | August 13, 1997 | |
"Prince Rex - Kidnapped" | August 15, 1997 | December 13, 1997 | |
"The Silks of Emira" | December 14, 1997 | March 12, 1998 | |
"The Shaman" | March 13, 1998 | July 7, 1998 | |
"Joomkar's Crown" | July 8, 1998 | December 9, 1998 | |
"The Crater" | December 10, 1998 | May 27, 1999 | |
"The Dakk Pirates" | May 28, 1999 | September 9, 1999 | |
"The Albee" | September 10, 1999 | November 11, 1999 | |
"Terror at the Opera" | November 12, 1999 | March 14, 2000 | |
"The Ghost Wall" | March 15, 2000 | June 27, 2000 | |
"The Halloween Kidnappers" | June 28, 2000 | September 22, 2000 | |
"The Treasure Hunters" | September 23, 2000 | January 16, 2001 | |
"The Strange Robber" | January 17, 2001 | April 17, 2001 | |
"The Secret City" | April 18, 2001 | July 26, 2001 | the last strip missing |
"Valley of the Gorillaman" | July 28, 2001 | December 2, 2001 | |
"Ghost Quest" | December 4, 2001 | April 12, 2002 | |
"The Ghost Pirates" | April 13, 2002 | August 13, 2002 | |
"The Animal Collector" | August 14, 2002 | December 27, 2002 | |
"The Immortal Man" | December 28, 2002 | May 6, 2003 | |
"The Crusader's Treasure" | May 7, 2003 | October 1, 2003 | |
"Jungle Mystery" | October 2, 2003 | February 7, 2004 | |
"The Hit Men" | February 8, 2004 | June 16, 2004 | |
"The Connoisseurs" | June 17, 2004 | October 14, 2004 | |
"The Viper God" | October 15, 2004 | April 30, 2005 | from January 25, 2005 restarted with the first strip from original date January 20, 2004 |
"The Locust God" | May 3, 2005 | August 31, 2005 | |
"Stripes" | September 1, 2005 | January 8, 2006 | |
"Temple of the Gods, Part 1: The U-Boat Mystery" | January 10, 2006 | May 23, 2006 | |
"Temple of the Gods, Part 2: Return to Eden" | May 24, 2006 | September 29, 2006 | |
"The Crime Apprentices" | September 30, 2006 | January 30, 2007 | |
"The Jungle Trek" | January 31, 2007 | June 1, 2007 | |
"The Return of Chatu" | June 2, 2007 | September 23, 2007 | |
"The Doorman" | September 25, 2007 | January 26, 2008 | |
"The Mozznappers" | January 27, 2008 | May 27, 2008 | |
"The Voyaging Canoe" | May 28, 2008 | September 25, 2008 | |
"Graffiti Phantom" | September 26, 2008 | February 11, 2009 | |
"The Patrolwomen" | February 12, 2009 | June 14, 2009 | |
"The Drill Boss" | June 16, 2009 | October 22, 2009 | |
"Justice for the Python" | October 24, 2009 | February 28, 2010 | published seven days a week since January 12, 2010 |
"Crocco Island West" | March 1, 2010 | June 15, 2010 | |
"The Hunt for the Unknown Commander" | June 16, 2010 | September 26, 2010 | |
"The Death of Diana Palmer Walker" | September 27, 2010 | January 10, 2011 | |
"The Phantom at Sea" | January 11, 2011 | April 23, 2011 | |
"Terror Cells of New York" | April 24, 2011 | August 8, 2011 | the last strip was also reproduced on August 9, 2011. |
"The Trail to Gravelines Prison" | August 10, 2011 | November 21, 2011 | |
"Chatu's Fate" | November 22, 2011 | March 30, 2012 | |
"The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak" | March 31, 2012 | July 21, 2012 | |
"The College Kid" | July 22, 2012 | October 13, 2012 | |
"A Detente with Crime" | October 14, 2012 | January 29, 2013 | |
"The Den of Tigers" | January 30, 2013 | May 16, 2013 | |
"Mexico's Phantom" | May 17, 2013 | September 9, 2013 | |
"The Phantom Lion" | September 10, 2013 | March 25, 2014 | |
"The Aeronaut" | March 26, 2014 | October 27, 2014 | |
"The Scoundrel" | October 28, 2014 | March 1, 2015 | |
"Terror's Mutiny" | March 2, 2015 | June 23, 2015 | |
"John X" | June 24, 2015 | October 9, 2015 | |
"Patrolman X" | October 10, 2015 | February 5, 2016 | |
"The Challenge" | February 6, 2016 | May 29, 2016 | |
"The Twins' Futures" | May 30, 2016 | September 28, 2016 | |
"The Baronkhan Sedition" | September 29, 2016 | January 20, 2017 | |
"Farewell to the Deep Woods" | January 21, 2017 | June 5, 2017 | |
"The Phantom Stamp" | June 7, 2017 | September 23, 2017 | |
"The Curse of Old Man Mozz" | September 24, 2017 | March 15, 2018 | |
"The Return of the Locust" | March 16, 2018 | July 25, 2018 | |
"A Reckoning with the Nomad" | July 26, 2018 | March 15, 2019 | |
"Kit's Letter Home" | March 16, 2019 | April 8, 2019 | |
"Heloise Comes Home" | April 9, 2019 | December 23, 2019 | |
"John X" | December 24, 2019 | April 15, 2020 | |
"The Rhodian Column" | April 16, 2020 | August 23, 2020 | |
"Unfinished Business" | August 24, 2020 | September 22, 2020 | |
"The Llongo Forest" | September 23, 2020 | December 30, 2020 | |
"The Reunion" | December 31, 2020 | March 26, 2021 | |
"Then Came Towns Ellerbee" | March 27, 2021 | September 4, 2020 | |
"Hello the Himalayas" | September 5, 2021 | September 28, 2021 | |
"To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines" | September 29, 2021 | February 12, 2022 | |
"The Chronicle of Old Man Mozz" | February 13, 2022 | April 27, 2022 | |
"Death in the Himalayas" | April 28, 2022 | July 17, 2022 | |
"The Hanta Witch" | July 18, 2022 | October 15, 2022 | |
"Phantom's End" | October 16, 2022 | March 13, 2023 | |
"The Breakout" | March 14, 2023 | July 11, 2023 | |
"Dungeons Undone" | July 12, 2023 | January 17, 2024 | |
"The Journey Home" | January 18, 2024 | ? 2024 |
- ↑ Svenska Dagbladet, February 25, 1980