Around Swedish America in 548 Days - Day 382

Day 382 - Swedeburg

Located about six miles south of Wahoo, Swedeburg at one time was a lively Swedish settlement. Grace Lutheran Church, 739 County Road 16 (402-642-5842), organized in 1870, was known as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Swedeburg Congregation. Its present white-frame, Gothic-style church was completed in 1916. Olof Grafström painted Christ in Gethsemane for the altar painting. The original Swedish Mission Church, which was organized in 1876, was about two miles southwest of town at the Fridhem Cemetery. In town, the Swedeburg Covenant Church, 1702 Ash Street (402-443-5443), has a cornerstone inscribed, Sw Eu Luth. Miss. Kyrkan ‘Fridhem’ 1909.