Gnistan (Minneapolis)

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Gnistan (The Spark) was a Swedish-language radical, Socialist-Unitarian newspaper published from Minneapolis, United States in 1891 and 1892. [1] [2] Gnistan was edited by Rev. Axel Lundberg, founder of the first Swedish Unitarian congregation in Minneapolis and a former associate of August Palm (founder of the socialist movement in Sweden). [1] Gnistan was supported by 'Gnistan' clubs in Minneapolis and Moline, Illinois. It became a weekly newspaper in December 1891. After it suspended publication in 1892, its subscribers received Facklan (edited by Theodor A. Hessell) instead. [3] Gnistan was later revived in Chicago in 1896. [2] The newspaper was later renamed as Vesterlandet (The Western Country). [4]

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  2. 1 2 Ander, O. Fritiof (1979). The Cultural Heritage of the Swedish Immigrant: Selected References. New York: Arno P. p. 159.
  3. Hoerder, Dirk; Harzig, Christiane (1987). The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 157.
  4. Strand, Algot (1910). A History of the Swedish-Americans in Minnesota. Lewis Publishing. p.  301. gnistan newspaper.