Stockholm, Saskatchewan
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Stockholm is a community in the southeastern portion of the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

 of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, located 70 km (43 mi) south of Yorkton along Highways 9
Saskatchewan Highway 9
Highway 9, Highway 9 is a provincial paved undivided highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from North Dakota Highway 8 at the US border near Port of Northgate until it transitions into Provincial Road 283 at the Manitoba border...

 and 22
Saskatchewan Highway 22
Highway 22 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan connecting Highway 20 near Earl Grey to Provincial Road 478 Manitoba border near Esterhazy.-Communities along the route:*Bulyea*Earl Grey*Southey*Markinch*Cupar*Lipton*Fort San...

. Stockholm is the seat of government for the rural municipality
Rural municipality
A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

 of Fertile Belt No. 183
Fertile Belt No. 183, Saskatchewan
Fertile Belt No. 183 is a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 1,006.68 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains its office in Stockholm, Saskatchewan. The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance of...

. Named after the capital
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, the town was founded in the 1880s by Swedish settlers, and was incorporated on June 30, 1905.

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.
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