<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-14-000773.txt : 20140106
<SEC-HEADER>0001140361-14-000773.hdr.sgml : 20140106
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140106140457
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-14-000773
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140106

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARMICHAEL WILLIAM P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001063452
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-00266
		FILM NUMBER:		14509167

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		COBRA ELECTRONICS CORP
		STREET 2:		6500 W CORTLAND ST
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60707
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc1.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-01-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000099614</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001063452</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CARMICHAEL WILLIAM P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>901 S. MARQUETTE AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55402</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Tri-Continental Corporation Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>200</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph D'Alessandro, Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-01-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.1
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa1.htm
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

City of Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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 O. 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
(respectively) 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 19th day of November, 2013

/s/ William P. Carmichael
William P. Carmichael
</TEXT>
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