Ny Tid (United States)
Ny Tid ('New Era'), initially known as Svenska Socialisten ('The Swedish Socialist') was a Scandinavian newspaper published in the United States between 1905 and July 1936. Initially issued from Rockford, Illinois, it later shifted to Chicago and New York City. Swedish, Norwegian and Danish languages were used in the newspaper. The circulation of the newspaper varied between 2,000-5,000 copies. Svenska Socialisten was founded in April 1905 by A.A. Patterson. In early 1911 the Chicago Scandinavian labor clubs mobilized to move Svenska Socialisten to Chicago, a fundraiser was done and some 800 United States dollars were allocated to facilitate the move. After some bargaining, the Chicago clubs of the Scandinavian Socialist Federation bought the newspaper. On March 29, 1911 a Chicago local edition of Svenska Socialisten, edited by Charles Sand, began to appear. The move of the editorial office to Chicago was fast-tracked after the editor of the newspaper, John Hallden, was elected to the Rockford city council in April 1911 and had to resign from the editorship of Svenska Socialisten. Sand had taken over as editor on May 24, 1911 and the move to Chicago was done on June 7 the same year. The first months in Chicago were tumultuous