Stockholm, Saskatchewan
Introduction '''Stockholm''' (2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 and Census Division No. 5.It is  south of the city of Yorkton 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 of Sweden, 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 propertiesLandmarks 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 conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 (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 in Yorkton started commercial broadcasting, and ended transmissions in 2007.
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