Arena (Swedish magazine)


Arena is a Swedish-language bi-monthly left-leaning magazine. It publishes reports, interviews and essays on politics and culture. In 2017 the magazine went on online-only format.

History and profile

Arena was founded by Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén. It was first published in 1993 under the name Politikens, kulturens & idéernas arena. In 2003 the name was shortened to Arena. It is one of the four Swedish magazine members of the European magazine-network Eurozine.
Arena publishes six issues per year and has a circulation of approximately 3,600.