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In 1935 Ericsson Review was given the appearance which it has largely retained until 1974
With the end of the war in 1945 the
issue of foreign editions was resumed, but
not to the same extent as before the war.
The German and French editions were
shelved pending the return of normal
conditions. The long break in publication
of the English edition made it advisable to
collect some of the articles published
during the war in a composite Englishlanguage
edition in 1945. A similar composite
number was issued in supplementation
of the normal Spanish edition.
Owing to the stoppage of the flow of
technical information concerning the
company's activities during the war years
and to the positive attitude to the composite
numbers issued in 1945, the 1946
English and Spanish editions as well were
increased by two numbers each.
The German edition was not resumed
until 1950, the French edition not until
1964. The publication of foreign language
editions was then the same as before 1940.
Ericsson News — a news sheet
At an early stage it was considered that
the interests of the company and of the
readership would not be fully met within
the normal scope of the journal and with
the previous frequency of publication,
usually six double numbers per annum.
After the first three annual volumes,
therefore, it was decided to add to Ericsson
Review a separate news sheet which,
under the name Ericsson News, would be
published once a month. This should
contain brief notices concerning orders
and deliveries of major interest, and data
concerning the activities and development
of the company and its associated enterprises.
The new Ericsson News was published
for the first time in April 1927 and distributed
to all who had hitherto received The
L. M. Ericsson Review, but also to persons
and institutions who might be as­
sumed to be interested in brief articles and
notices concerning the activities of the
Group. Owing to the heavy rise of costs
and the serious crisis for the company
in 1932, Ericsson News was discontinued
for the time being.
At the end of the thirties the need to
distribute general news material concerning
the Group again came to the fore.
The thought was therefore brought up
again, this time in the form of four pages
in the Swedish edition of Ericsson Review,
of creating a "journal within the journal".
The resumed news sheet, however,
came to a stop again with the outbreak of
war in the autumn of 1939. To quote
from No. 4/1939: "In view of the present
world situation and the necessity of not
spreading news of Swedish industry's
deliveries and activities in other respects,
it has become difficult to make the contents
of Ericsson News as comprehensive
as would be desirable. As the journal can
therefore no longer fulfil its function of
being of use to its readers, its publication
will cease for the time being."
The much tried 4-page news section
could be reintroduced in 1952, this time
under the name Ericsson News Throughout
The World, later changed to Ericsson
News. To a large extent it was edited on
the same principles as its predecessors,
even if typography and illustrations were
changed to meet the demands of the time,
and was introduced in all language editions.
The limited space now necessitated,
as before, a considerable sifting of the
contents, in which a fairly abundant illustrational
material from the working life
of the Group had also to be given space
as a counterweight to the other more technical
content.
The goals and their realization
The goals of Ericsson Review, to which
the name was simplified after "The L. M."
had been discarded in 1935, had from its
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