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]
gnistan newspaper.
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]
gnistan newspaper.