Arena (Swedish magazine)

Arena is a Swedish-language bi-monthly left-leaning magazine. It publishes reports, interviews and essays on politics and culture. In 2017 the magazine went on online-only format.

History and profile
Arena was founded by Håkan A. Bengtsson and Per Wirtén. It was first published in 1993 under the name Politikens, kulturens & idéernas arena. In 2003 the name was shortened to Arena. The magazine has a socialist political stance. Per Wirtén served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Another was Devrim Mavi, a politician. As of 2014 it was one of the four Swedish magazine members of the European magazine-network Eurozine.

Arena published six issues per year and had a circulation of approximately 3,600 copies in 2013.