Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, the first Lutheran church in Waupaca county, was built in 1856 directly across the road. Pastor Nils Brandt dedicated the cemetery on June 6, 1853. O. F. Duus, the 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 on August 20, 1850. The church was enlarged in the form of a cross in 1867 and demolished in 1928.