<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-13-002518.txt : 20130118
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130118171340
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-13-002518
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100501
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130118

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			White Todd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001567363

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-00266
		FILM NUMBER:		13538292

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50606 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000099614
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				135441850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50606 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		STREET 2:		H27/5228
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474
		BUSINESS PHONE:		612-671-4321

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50606 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		STREET 2:		H27/5228
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRI CONTINENTAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3
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    <periodOfReport>2010-05-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000099614</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TY</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>White Todd</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>10230 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>H17/10230</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55474</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>Manging Dir of Issuer's IA</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Tri-Continental Corporation common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph D'Alessandro, Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24.1
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa1.htm
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY




City of Minneapolis

State of Minnesota

With respect to each of Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.,
Tri-Continental Corporation, and any other closed-end investment company for
Which Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC now or hereafter serves
as investment adviser, the undersigned hereby appoints Scott R . Plummer,
Paul B. Goucher, Christopher 0. Petersen, or Joseph D' Alessandro,
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for in name and stead, to sign and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, Statement of Changes
in Beneficial Ownership, and Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership of Securities promulgated under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934), or further amendments thereto, and any and all
applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) pertaining thereto, including, but not limited to, such
applications as may be necessary to file electronically with the SEC, with
full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done on the premises.

Dated the 17th day of January, 2013


/s/ Todd White
-----------------------
Todd White




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