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Example of newspaper advertising in 1941

A page with ads from the Swedish Teachers' Newspaper. The ads include schools seeking teachers and private persons offering their service of typing school grades on a typewriter at a rate of 6 öre and 8 öre per page/transcript. 100 öre equals one Swedish Crown or 1 SEK. The signature "Easy Position", a young teacher in the country, is seeking an older lady, retired teacher, or a young girl who is not a looking for having fun viz a party girl, as a house keeper. The salary offered is 30 SEK a month.

The price of placing an ad is between 35 and 40 öre per millimeter of text. The newspaper costs 35 öre per issue. A yearly subscription is also available for 12 Swedish Crowns (SEK).

Advertisement in an issue of Swedish Teachers' Newspaper in 1941