Hemlandet

{{Short description|1855 Swedish-American newspaper}}

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Hemlandet, alternately Gamla och nya hemlandet, was a Swedish-American newspaper begun in 1855 in Galesburg, Illinois.{{Cite web

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| title = Backtracking, The Galesburg Land Company

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Founded by Lutheran minister Tuve Hasselquist, the newspaper moved to Chicago in 1859 along with his Swedish Lutheran Publication Society. Its original content was primarily religious, but when P. A. Sundelius became its editor in the late 1860s, its coverage on general issues began to change from denominational to more political. In 1869, Sundelius left for another Swedish-language newspaper, Svenska Amerikanaren.{{cite web

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Johan Alfred Enander (1842–1910) subsequently became the editor-in-chief. Over time, Enander became publisher of Hemlandet. During the 40 years he spent editing Hemlandet, he helped change the weekly church periodical into a general newspaper for Swedish-Americans.Backlund, Jonas Oscar (1952) A Century of the Swedish American Press. Chicago, IL : Swedish American Newspaper Co.{{cite web

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|title= Johan Alfred Enander

|publisher= Augustana College

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After Enander's death, the newspaper was bought by C. S. Peterson; it was sold to Svenska Amerikanaren and became Svenska amerikanaren hemlandet for a short period before returning to the name Svenska Amerikanaren.{{Cite web |title=Svenska Amerikanaren |url=https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/swedishamerican/svenska-amerikanaren-1877 |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Minnesota Historical Society |archive-date=2022-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609082103/https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/swedishamerican/svenska-amerikanaren-1877 |url-status=live }}