De Groene Amsterdammer was founded in 1877,
Martin van Amerongen was the editor-in-chief from 1984 to 1997 and then again from 1999 to 2002.
De Groene Amsterdammer making it one of the oldest Dutch news magazines still in existence. The magazine started under the name
De Amsterdammer, meaning "someone (or something) from Amsterdam". In its early days green ink was used, later causing the word
groene (green) to be added to its name when a second newspaper in Amsterdam was published under the same name
De Amsterdammer. The name
De Groene Amsterdammer became official in 1925. As its title implies the weekly is based in
Amsterdam. ==Notable editors==