Svenska Amerikanaren Tribunen
is a Swedish-American weekly newspaper which was published in Chicago and read by Swedish immigrants. Two competing newspapers have held the name , both with roots in the 1870s, but the two newspapers merged in 1936 under the title  (). The issues through 1966 have been microfilmed. During the large-scale emigration from Sweden to North America in the late 19th century, many of the immigrants did not immediately learn English. Many settled in the Midwest, and in the big city of Chicago there was a market for Swedish-language newspapers and books. The first  was published in Chicago from 1866 to 1873 and later changed its name to  from 1873 to 1877. The newspaper's first editor-in-chief was Colonel Hans Mattson (1832–1893). The bilingual The Illinois Swede was started in 1869 but changed its name the year after to  and was published from 1870 to 1877. The two newspapers were merged and renamed  from 1877 to 1906.  was liberal, and a leading news publication. Its editors were:

 1876–1884: 
 1884–1890: Carl Gustaf Linderborg (1844–1901)
 1893–1900: Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal (1842–1905)
 1900–1905: Ernst W. Olson (1870–1958)

A third newspaper, , was published from 1901 to 1906 and then merged with  under the title  from 1906 to 1936. Its editors were C. F. Erikson from 1905 to 1913 and A. Tofft after 1913. It comprised 16 pages in seven columns and had distribution of 70,000 copies (1915). The newspaper's politics leaned towards the Republican Party. However, the Chicago newspaper which became most well-known under the name was first published in 1876 under the title . It took over the available title  for the years from 1877 to 1936 after the previous owners had not properly kept the rights to the name. The paper was radical and anti-church from the start, but became more restrained in the 1880s. Its sympathies were with the Republican Party, even though the newspaper was officially politically independent. Its editors were  from 1877 to 1884,  from 1884 to 1888,  (1854–1940) from 1888 to 1908 and  from 1908. After the merger with Gamla och Nya Hemlandet, the title was  from the fall of 1914 through the end of 1915 before returning to the name . The newspaper consisted of 16 pages and had a distribution of 75,000 copies (1915). In 1940 the newspaper merged with . The last issue was published 18 December 1985. A newspaper with the title  was published from 1904 to 1920 in Superior, Wisconsin. A newspaper with the title  was published from 1922 to 1946 in Seattle, Washington. Other newspapers with the title  were published 1873–1874 in Gothenburg and from 1889 to 1893 in Minneapolis. References

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 LIBRIS, bibliographical information. Newspapers established in 1936
Publications disestablished in 1985
Defunct newspapers published in Chicago
Swedish-language newspapers published in the United States
Swedish migration to North America
Swedish-American culture in Chicago
Swedish-American history