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Village · Saunders County · Population 94 (2020 census) · ZIP 68040 · Founded 1886 · Peak population 259 (1900)

About Malmo

Malmo is a village of 94 in Saunders County, about 6 miles northwest of Wahoo and 4 miles north of NE 92. Its Edensburg Lutheran Church dates from the Swedish settlement of 1870.

History

Swedish settlers organized Edensburg Lutheran Church on April 25, 1870, in Lars P. Bruce's dugout, and the settlement and its post office (1883–1886) were called Edensburg. When the Burlington's Schuyler branch came through in 1886–87, the town was laid out on land bought from Jerry Fisher and renamed for Malmö, Sweden. The church, called the birthplace of the Augustana Nebraska Conference (1886) and of its Women's Missionary Society (1906), moved into town in 1890 and built the present church in 1914.

The population peaked at 259 in 1900. The district high school closed in 1958.

Highways and trails through Malmo

Route	One way	Other way
Spur S-78EAbout 4 mi north from NE 92	Into Malmo	South to NE 92 between Wahoo and Weston

Nearby towns

Prague	about 5 mi west-northwest	County roads
Weston	about 5 mi south-southwest	County roads
Colon	about 6 mi east-northeast	County roads
Wahoo	about 6 mi east-southeast	NE 92
Plasi	about 6 mi west	County roads
North Bend	about 14 mi north-northwest	County roads

Things to see

Edensburg Lutheran Church, 247 Rutland Ave. (1914) · Edensburg Lutheran Cemetery, the 1877 church site south of town

Health care

Nearest hospital Saunders Medical Center, Wahoo (about 6 mi)

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Phillips, Past and Present of Saunders County (1915); Saunders County, Nebraska History (1983, NEGenWeb); Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Lower Platte North NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation. Distances marked "about" are estimates.