Service planned at New Sweden Lutheran Church June 6

A church service is planned for 10 a.m. Sunday, June 6, at the New Sweden Lutheran Church in rural Lockridge.

The service will be led by Pastor Gloria Friedrich.

The services will be held in the church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The register describes the historical significance of the church.

“The New Sweden Church is the oldest parent church of [the Swedish Augustana Synod.] Founded in Jefferson County in 1848, the New Sweden church is also the first church of the first settlement of Swedes in Iowa and the first one west of the Mississippi River. Furthermore, it proved to be the first permanent settlement of Swedes in the country …”

The New Sweden Lutheran Church in rural Lockridge.