The Swedish Lutheran Publication Society was a publishing organization which was founded by

Tuve Hasselquist Tuve Nilsson Hasselquist (also spelled ''Tufve'' and ''Hasselqvist''; also known as T. N.; March 2, 1816 – February 4, 1891) was a Swedish American Lutheran minister and church leader. He was the second president of Augustana College, serving fr ...

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. It was then reorganized and moved to Chicago in 1859. It was severely damaged in the

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, but the society and its successors were responsible for publishing most of the Swedish-language books in the United States in the era. Beginning in the late 1850s, the society published periodicals, first the ''Minnesota Posten'' and later the originally independent '' Det Rätta Hemlandet'' which moved beyond church news, becoming a political newspaper later in the 19th century.Olson, pg. 146 The society's publications were mostly hymnals and other Lutheran church materials.

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