Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Our Redeemer,
first Lutheran church in Waupaca
county, was built in 1856
directly across the road. It was
enlarged in the form of a Cross
in 1867, and demolished in 1928.
Pastor Nils Brandt dedicated
the cemetery June 6, 1853. O. F.
Duus, first resident pastor called
from Norway, served from
1854-58. Before Scandinavia
township was incorporated in
1854, this area was known as
Waupaca Settlement or "the Indian
Land." The first Norwegian
pioneers arrived August 20,
1850.
Marker is on County Highway G 0.8 miles north of County Highway B, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
