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priest. Much of the community subsequently disbanded. He had attracted an assortment of nobles, theologians, merchants, teachers and military officers. The choice of land was not a practical location for a settlement. The lake shore was stony and the soil unproductive. The colony failed almost as
260:. In 1975, the name was changed to St. Anskar’s Episcopal Church. Today there remains an active Holy Innocents cemetery on the former church site located on the west side of Highway C, approximately 1½ miles north of Nashotah exit off of Hwy 16. 224:. By 1842, he and several associates had begun building the new settlement called Nya Uppsala. By 1848, several families had relocated to the community and a log cabin had been completed to house the Scandinavian parish at Pine Lake. 256:. In 1895, the last survivor of the original Scandinavian parish legally transferred the land to Holy Innocents. In 1962, Holy Innocents merged with Grace-Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in 271:
commissioned the writing of a history of the New Upsala settlement. Completed by Filip A. Forsbeck and published during 1936, the history placed considerable reliance in Unonius's memoirs.
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church was constructed and dedicated in 1848. In 1850 the congregation split, with one group forming St. John's English Lutheran Church of Stone Bank in
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The Scandinavian parish at Pine Lake was established March 3, 1844, with the dedication of Holy Innocents Cemetery. Its
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Former human settlement in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
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New Upsala, the First Swedish Settlement in Wisconsin
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Pine Lake Settlers, Merton & Delafield Townships
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New Upsala
New Upsala, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
43°7′1.2″N 88°23′2.4″W / 43.117000°N 88.384000°W / 43.117000; -88.384000
Swedish-American
Wisconsin
Gustaf Unonius
Waukesha County, Wisconsin
town of Merton
Delafield
Chenequa
Nashotah
Gustaf Unonius
43°07′01″N 88°23′02″W / 43.117°N 88.384°W / 43.117; -88.384
Uppsala
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Episcopalian
log cabin
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Nashotah
Hartland, Wisconsin
United States Ambassador to Sweden
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
The Swedish settlement on Pine Lake
Pine Lake Settlers, Merton & Delafield Townships
http://www.townofmerton.com/abouttown.html
New Upsala, the first Swedish settlement in Wisconsin
New Upsala, the First Swedish Settlement in Wisconsin
St. John’s Lutheran church at Stone Bank
Nashotah House Theological Seminary
St. Anskar’s Episcopal Church

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