Note 21 - HMN Financial, Inc. Financial Information (Parent Company Only) (Details) - Condensed Financial Statements for the Parent Company Only (Parentheticals)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Treasury stock, shares	4,658,323us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares	4,704,313us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares
Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Treasury stock, shares	4,658,323,000	4,704,313,000

Number of common and preferred shares that were previously issued and that were repurchased by the issuing entity and held in treasury on the financial statement date. This stock has no voting rights and receives no dividends.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.28,29)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 29, 30

-Article 5

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Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:sharesItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant