Stockholm (
2021 population: ) is a
village
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 and
Census Division No. 5. It is south of the City of
Yorkton
Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about 450 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province.
As of 2017 the census population of the ...
along
Highways 9 and
22. The municipal office for the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 is located in Stockholm.
History
Named after the
capital
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* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
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* Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
of
Sweden
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, the village was founded in the 1880s by Swedish settlers. Stockholm incorporated as a village on June 30, 1905.
According to a Village of Stockholm commemorative plaque dated July 1, 1995, A J Stenberg and wife Svea named the community.
;Heritage properties
Landmarks in Stockholm include the New Stockholm Lutheran Church, also called the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran New Stockholm Church, which was erected in 1917 by Swedish immigrants.
New Stockholm Lutheran Church
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Stockholm had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Media
From 1997 to 2007, Jody Herperger operated an FM radio-rebroadcaster CFZY-FM
CFZY-FM was a community radio station which operated at 104.1 Hertz, MHz in Stockholm, Saskatchewan, Stockholm, Saskatchewan, Canada.
History
Local resident Jody Herperger received approval to operate CFZY-FM from the Canadian Radio-television an ...
for CHOZ-FM
CHOZ-FM is a Canadian radio station based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Its main St. John's transmitter broadcasts at 94.7 MHz, with additional transmitters located throughout the island. The station, known as ''OZFM'', is one of the ...
( St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador). The station filled a need for commercial top-40 programming on the FM band. The station was maintained for a number of years after CFGW-FM
CFGW-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format, at 94.1 FM in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The station is owned by Harvard Media, and branded as ''Fox FM''. It has a sister station, CJGX. Both studios are located a ...
in Yorkton started commercial broadcasting, and ended transmissions in 2007.
References
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Villages in Saskatchewan
Fertile Belt No. 183, Saskatchewan
Division No. 5, Saskatchewan
Swedish-Canadian culture