Gnistan (Minneapolis)

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{{See also|Defunct newspapers of Minnesota}}

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{{lang|sv|Gnistan}} (The Spark) was a Swedish-language radical, Socialist-Unitarian newspaper published from Minneapolis, United States in 1891 and 1892. {{lang|sv|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).{{cite book |last=Barton |first=H. Arnold |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RR7PNQNRsqIC&pg=PA352 |title=Clipper Ship and Covered Wagon: Essays from the Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly |location=New York |publisher=Arno P. |date=1979 |page=352}} {{lang|sv|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 {{lang|sv|Facklan}} (edited by Theodor A. Hessell) instead.{{cite book |last1=Hoerder |first1=Dirk |first2=Christiane |last2=Harzig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bki9ouTWOx8C |title=The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s: An Annotated Bibliography |location=New York |publisher=Greenwood Press |date=1987 |page=157}} {{lang|sv|Gnistan}} was later revived in Chicago in 1896.{{cite book |last1=Ander |first1=O. Fritiof |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JnfAAAAMAAJ |title=The Cultural Heritage of the Swedish Immigrant: Selected References |location=New York |publisher=Arno P. |date=1979 |page=159}} The newspaper was later renamed as {{lang|sv|Vesterlandet}} (The Western Country).{{cite book |last1=Strand |first1=Algot |title=A History of the Swedish-Americans in Minnesota |publisher=Lewis Publishing |year=1910 |url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryswedish01compgoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryswedish01compgoog/page/n331 301] |quote=gnistan newspaper.}}