Pohjolan Sanomat was established in 1915.[1][2] The owner of the paper is Alma Media[3] and the paper is based in Kemi.[4] In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Lapin Kansa.[3] Pohjolan Sanomat ceased publication in 2017.
Pohjolan Sanomat has a formal affiliation with the an agrarian-centrist Centre Party.[5]
Maria Jauho was appointed senior editor-in-chief of the daily on 1 July 2014, replacing Heikki Lääkkölä in the post which he had held since 1996.[6]
In January 2011 Pohjolan Sanomat changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.[7] The paper was published for seven days per week, but it became a five-day newspaper in 2014.[8] However, its online edition is updated daily.[8]
In 2002 the circulation of the paper was 23,483 copies.[1] As of 2008 it had a circulation of 21,746 copies. The circulation of the paper was 16,442 copies in 2013.[9]
