Let X be a locally compact space, and 𝔏∞0(X,ι) be the space of all essentially bounded ι-measurable functions f on X vanishing at infinity. We introduce and study a locally convex topology β1(X,ι) on the Lebesgue space 𝔏1(X,ι) such that the strong dual of (𝔏1(X,ι),β1(X,ι)) can be identified with . Next, by showing that β1(X,ι) can be considered as a natural mixed topology, we deduce some of its basic properties. Finally, as an application, we prove that L1 (G) , the group algebra of a locally compact Hausdorff topological group G, equipped with the convolution multiplication is a complete semitopological algebra under the β1 (G) topology.