Grönköpings Veckoblad

Grönköpings Veckoblad is a Swedish satirical monthly magazine.

[1] The name Grönköping predates the magazine; it was first used by Albert Engström as a headline for some of his drawings in 1895.

[2] Founded in 1902[1] by Hasse Zetterström as a supplement to Söndags-Nisse, it became an independent magazine in 1916.

[4] The parody language Transpiranto, a caricature of Esperanto, was introduced in a 1929 article by Nils Hasselskog, "World language in Grönköping's school" ("Världsspråk i Grönköpings skola").

Using bombastic and anachronistic language while purporting to describe and analyse current events in a serious manner, Grönköpings Veckoblad has become a Swedish institution and a standard for what is considered good satire.