<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-21-004731.txt : 20210430
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-21-004731.hdr.sgml : 20210430
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210430180057
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-21-004731
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210428
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210430

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sharpe Robert Francis JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001340573

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32525
		FILM NUMBER:		21880392

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
		STREET 2:		50591 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000820027
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		IRS NUMBER:				133180631
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1099 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474
		BUSINESS PHONE:		612-671-8001

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1099 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN EXPRESS FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030513

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN EXPRESS FINANCIAL ADVISORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950711

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	IDS FINANCIAL CORP/MN/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-04-28</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000820027</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AMP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001340573</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Sharpe Robert Francis JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1098  AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55474</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Stock (Annual)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-04-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>584.5219</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>584.5219</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>34633.0656</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one share of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Upon ceasing to be a non-employee director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the reporting director will receive common stock of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in settlement of the reporting director's deferred share units on a one-for-one basis in a lump sum at the end of the quarter immediately following the quarter in which the reporting director's termination of service on the Board of Directors occurs.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Wendy B. Mahling for Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-04-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>sharpepoa.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
 appoints each of Karen Wilson Thissen, Wendy B. Mahling, Thomas R. Moore,
 James R. DeBuse, Susan M. Beltz, and Mary St. Marie signing singly, the
 undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
 capacity as a director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (the
 "Company'), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and
 any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to
 file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition,
 or disposition of securities of the Company, including Form 144;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
 undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
 execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report,
 including the completion, execution and filing of Form ID, and
 timely file such form or report with the United States Securities
 and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
 authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
 the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
 be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
 by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
 executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
 pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
 shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
 may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
 and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
 requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
 rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
 undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
 substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
 lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
 rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
 foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
 the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
 undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
 Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
 undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
 the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
 Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
 delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
 be executed as of this 19th day of January 2021.


/s/ Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.


Name:  Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.
Title:  Director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
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