was an originally

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newspaper, published in California from 1887 to 2007. It was founded as ''Ebenezer'', a church news bulletin by Augustana Lutheran pastor Johannes Tellen, but it soon changed focus and became a newspaper after he gave it over to editor and typesetter Alrik G. Spencer. For most of its run, it was a weekly newspaper published in

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. It was primarily a local newspaper for

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in northern California, but also contained news from the Swedish press in the form of special reports. Swedish-Americans Ernst Skarstedt and took over the newspaper in 1894, increasing its popularity. After Olsson's death in the 1950s, it was run by writer Karin Person for some time; the association Friends of Vestkusten was founded in 1968 to keep it afloat when Person began to struggle. More recently, the paper was owned and operated for many years by Swedish-American

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, who purchased it in 1991. It has been digitized and is searchable on the Internet under CDNC – the

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– which also contains digitized versions of many other newspapers. The CDNC invites volunteers to proofread to correct conversion errors from scanning and digitizing. At the time of its closure, was incorporated into ''

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'', a newspaper with an editorial office in New York but with part of its circulation printed in California.

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''Vestkusten''
– California Digital Newspaper Collection {{Authority control Newspapers established in 1887 Publications disestablished in 2007 1887 establishments in California 2007 disestablishments in California Swedish-language newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in San Francisco Swedish-American culture in California Swedish-American history Non-English-language newspapers published in California Weekly newspapers published in California