Stockholm (
2021 population: ) is a village 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
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Yorkton was founded in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1928. ...
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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Econom ...
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.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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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.
In the
2016 Census of Population, the Village of Stockholm recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Media
From 1997 to 2007, Jody Herperger operated an FM radio-rebroadcaster
CFZY-FM for
CHOZ-FM
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(
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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).
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 (94.1 FM, "94.1 Cruz FM") is a radio station in Yorkton, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Owned by Harvard Media, it broadcasts an adult hits format. Its studios are colocated with sister station CJGX at 120 Smith Street East in Yorkton.
History ...
in Yorkton started commercial broadcasting, and ended transmissions in 2007.
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types ...
References
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Villages in Saskatchewan
Fertile Belt No. 183, Saskatchewan
Division No. 5, Saskatchewan
Swedish-Canadian culture