The New Stockholm Settlement

The New Stockholm Settlement. . , All Distances Noted Herein are from this Marker , In July 1, 1886, a group of immigrants from Sweden and Norway arrived at their preselected homesteads located south and east of here. This was the first permanent Swedish Settlement in the district of Assiniboia, N.W.T. In the years that followed many families, primarily of Scandinavian origin, settled in this area. In 1903 the C.P.R. Co. built a railroad 9.7 km north. A townsite was surveyed the same year and in 1905 the village of Stockholm was incorporated. Prior to that, Whitewood had been their nearest town., Ohlen Post Office (1887-1910) , One of the first houses erected was that of Nils Johanson who became the first postmaster. The post office was located in their home on SW30-T18-R2-W2. It was named "Ohlen" after Emanuel Ohlen, the dominion immigration agent, who was instrumental in bringing settlers to the colony., Burial Sites , The first burial site, located 1.6km south and .8 km. east was established in May 1888, when Nils Johanson's son John Bergman, 25, died and was buried on his own homestead. The site, marked by a cairn, is still preserved but has had no known burials since the 1890's. When the churches were organized they each established cemeteries., Schools , 1888-New Stockholm S.D. No.120, 1.6 km E, 3.2 km S. 1888-SWEA -S.D. No. 139, 2.4 km. N., 3.2 km. E., 1902 -Scandia S.D. No. 676, 2.4 km. N, 3.2 km. W., .8 km. S. 1903- Excel S.D. No. 894, North to Jct 9 and 22, 4.8 km. W., 2.4 km. N. These sites are marked with cairns sponsored by the historical society., Churches , In 1888 the Evangelical Mission Church was organized. The original log building, dedicated in 1895, is situated 2.4 km east and .8km south. In 1889 the New Stockholm Lutheran church was organized. Their second building, dedicated in 1921, is 1.6km.east., Halls , The Viking Temperance hall, built during the early years of the settlement, was 1.6 km east and .8km south. In 1927 it was relocated 2.4km north and 1.6km west and renamed Pioneer Hall. The "Pioneer Picnic", an annual event on July 1, is a celebration of Canada Day and the day the first settlers arrived in the colony. , An archive of district and families is housed in the Stockholm library., Plaque donated and placed by Ohlen '86, the Swedish Historical Society , Stockholm Saskatchewan 1994 ,