Det fri Aktuelt was a daily newspaper published in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 1871 and 2001.
It was the first socialist[1] and the earliest newspaper published by a labor union in the world.
[3] The newspaper was established under the name of Socialisten (Danish: the Socialist)[4] by the cofounder of the Social Democratic party, Louis Pio, in 1871.
[10] Then It became owned by the trade union movement until 1987, when it declared its independence and freedom.
[4] However, its attitude towards them totally changed in the 1890s, and it supported the right of poor Swede workers to obtain Danish citizenship.
[4] The paper followed the decisions taken in the Second International and adopted a positive approach towards labor immigration to the country until World War I.
[4] It also supported the immigration of the Russian socialist refugees and Jews to the country from 1905 to the end of World War I.
[4] The paper suggested in 1975 that East Germany was one of the places for Danish families to visit during the summer holidays.