Stockholm Lutheran Church (ELCA)  is located 2 miles west, 1 mile south, and 1/2 mile west of Shickley. Services are held Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m.  Rev. Jonathan Jensen is the pastor. There is an active WELCA group.  For additional information, contact Joan Hendrickson at 402-627-7095
 
 

Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery

     Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery recall the Swedish-American heritage in Nebraska.  In the early 1870s, Swedish immigrants began settling in Bryant Township, Fillmore County, concentrating between the present towns of Shickley and Ong.  As the settlement grew, these pioneers considered the need for a church, organized a congregation in 1875, and purchased six acres of land.  Meetings were held in a schoolhouse and members homes until 1881, at which time the first church was built.  In 1878, five acres were deeded to the Swedish Cemetery Association to provide a burial ground for the community.
    By 1900, the old church was too small to accommodate the people who came to worship services and social events.  The present church, a thirty six by sixty foot frame structure with Gothic Revival detailing, was constructed in that year at a cost of $3549.00.  The congregation continued to use the Swedish language occasionally for worship until 1937.  Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery were entered in the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1995.
 

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