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Divestitures (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Tennant CEE GmbH and OOO Tennant USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Tennant CEE GmbH and OOO Tennant EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Tennant CEE GmbH and OOO Tennant USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Tennant CEE GmbH and OOO Tennant EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 Tennant CEE GmbH and OOO Tennant USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2012 Tennant CEE GmbH and OOO Tennant USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2012 Tennant CEE GmbH and OOO Tennant EUR (€)
Divestitures
Date of divestiture				Jul. 31, 2012	Jul. 31, 2012
Cash received as part of selling price									$ 1,014tnc_Paymentsrecievedfromdivestedbusinessesgross / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember	€ 815tnc_Paymentsrecievedfromdivestedbusinessesgross / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember
Amount financed as part of selling price										5,351tnc_Amountfinancedaspartofsellingprice / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember
Total selling price										6,166us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember
Total amount of installment payments received quarterly in 2013						2,826tnc_Amountofinstallmentpaymentsreceivedquarterly2013 / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember	2,126tnc_Amountofinstallmentpaymentsreceivedquarterly2013 / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember
Total amount of first anniversary payment received						1,435tnc_Totalamountoffirstanniversarypaymentreceived / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember	1,075tnc_Totalamountoffirstanniversarypaymentreceived / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember
Total amount of second anniversary payment received				1,418tnc_TotalAmountofSecondAnniversaryPaymentReceived / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember	1,075tnc_TotalAmountofSecondAnniversaryPaymentReceived / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember
Remaining amount of payments to be received on third anniversary date				1,301tnc_RemainingAmountOfPaymentsRemainingTobeReceivedOnThirdAnniversaryDate / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember	1,075tnc_RemainingAmountOfPaymentsRemainingTobeReceivedOnThirdAnniversaryDate / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember
Gain on Sale of Business	$ 0us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal	$ 0us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal	$ 784us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal					$ 784us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal / tnc_BusinessesDivestedAxis = tnc_TennantCeeGmbhAndOooTennantMember

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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