Östhammars Tidning
Östhammars Tidning was a local Swedish newspaper serving Östhammar and surrounding areas. It was published from 1887 to 1966, with two test issues from 1886. The newspaper was published three days per week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until 1961, then on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. In 1965, it was increased to four days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
The newspaper published "The Phantom" daily strip from 1943 when the newspaper started publishing comics until 1966, when the newspaper ceased to be published. It was printed at the same location in Östhammar as Tierps-Posten, and some of the contents, such as the comics, was the same in both newspapers. During 1962 and 1963, Östhammars Tidning was one day ahead of Tierps-Posten due to publication on different weekdays.
Published stories
| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Diana Aviatrix Lost" (part 1) | June 1, 1943 | July 8, 1944 | |
| "The Game of Alvar" | July 11, 1944 | April 26, 1945 | |
| "Diana Aviatrix Lost" (part 2) | April 28, 1945 | June 14, 1945 | |
| "The Phantom's Treasure" | June 16, 1945 | August 17, 1946 | |
| "Bent Beak Broder" | August 20, 1946 | May 6, 1947 | first eight strips missing |
| "The Phantom's Engagement" | May 8, 1947 | September 16, 1947 | |
| "High Seas Highjacker" | September 18, 1947 | December 28, 1948 | |
| "Diana" | December 30, 1948 | July 2, 1949 | |
| "The Crooner" | July 5, 1949 | January 19, 1950 | |
| "The Maharajah's Daughter" | January 21, 1950 | April 7, 1951 | During this story, the title of the strip changes from "Fantomen — Dragos." to just "Dragos". |
| "The Blue Gang" | April 10, 1951 | August 21, 1951 | |
| "Lago the Lake God" | August 23, 1951 | January 24, 1952 | The August 11 strip is missing. |
| "The Wild Girl" | January 26, 1952 | August 7, 1952 | |
| "The Mermaids of Melo Straits" | August 9, 1952 | March 5, 1953 | |
| "Princess Valerie" | March 7, 1953 | January 16, 1954 | |
| "Queen Asta of Trondelay" | January 19, 1954 | August 24, 1954 | |
| "Mister Hog" | August 26, 1954 | July 14, 1955 | |
| "Romance" | July 16, 1955 | December 11, 1956 | |
| "The Devil Road" | December 13, 1956 | November 28, 1957 | |
| "The Girls" | November 30, 1957 | November 8, 1958 | |
| "The Masked Marvel" | November 11, 1958 | July 14, 1959 | |
| "Fathers and Sons" | July 16, 1959 | November 19, 1959 | dailies only |
| "The Flirtatious Princess" | November 21, 1959 | August 2, 1960 | dailies only |
| "The Thuggees" | August 4, 1960 | September 9, 1961 | dailies only |
| "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | September 12, 1961 | January 22, 1962 | dailies only |
| "The Movie Stars" | January 24, 1962 | October 19, 1962 | |
| "The White Monkey" | October 22, 1962 | April 22, 1963 | |
| "The Gray Gang" | April 24, 1963 | December 9, 1963 | |
| "Whirlpool Channel" | December 11, 1963 | December 18, 1963 | Incomplete and in the wrong order. Original strip dates in order of publication: March 26–29, August 24, May 11–12, May 17–14, May 24, May 18, May 22, May 19–21, May 23, May 25–31, August 25, June 9, June 14, June 12–13, June 11, August 27, June 15, June 18–16, June 19–July 4, July 10–13, July 16, August 28, August 30–29, July 17, July 19–18, July 23–20, July 24–August 17, August 20–18, August 21–23, August 31–September 3, September 8–15. During this mess, the title was dropped from "Dragos" and "Blondie" and only "Ferdinand" was published under a title. No comics on March 15 1964, May 4 1964 or July 1 1964. |
| December 23, 1963 | February 7, 1964 | ||
| February 12, 1964 | February 21, 1964 | ||
| February 26, 1964 | |||
| March 2, 1964 | |||
| "The Tiger Girl" | December 20, 1963 | ||
| February 10, 1964 | |||
| February 24, 1964 | |||
| February 28, 1964 | |||
| March 4, 1964 | August 17, 1964 | ||
| "The Governor's Family" | August 19, 1964 | December 28, 1964 | Missing strips: September 19–20, October 23–26, November 9–12, November 20–22. Wrong strip order: November 8, 15, 13, 14, 16. No comics on November 20 or December 9. |
| "The Professor" | December 30, 1964 | June 14, 1965 | On January 4 only, the title of the strip was "Fantomen" instead of "Dragos". |
| "The Jungle Patrol | June 15, 1965 | October 8, 1965 | |
| "Bobo the Toy Dog" | October 11, 1965 | December 23, 1965 | |
| "The Great Ajax" | December 28, 1965 | May 5, 1966 | Last strip missing. |
| "The Toad Men" | May 6, 1966 | November 15, 1966 | Ends with the February 4 strip because the newspaper ceased to be published. |
See also
Frösåkers Hembygdsförening i Östhammar (digitised newspaper archive)