Lars Levi Laestadius

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Lars Levi Laestadius
Laestadius in 1839
Born	(1800-01-10)10 January 1800 Jäckvik, Arjeplog, Sweden
Died	21 February 1861(1861-02-21) (aged 61) Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden
Occupations	Lutheran church minister founder of revival movement botanist, incl. expedition member writer Sami mythology chronicler

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Laestadianism
History Church of Sweden Christian revival Kautokeino rebellion Korpela movement Laestadianism in the Americas Läsare
Key people Milla Clementsdotter Lars Levi Laestadius Juhani Raattamaa Nils Vibe Stockfleth Mathilda Fogman Oskari Jussila
Doctrine Forgiveness Grace The true Christians Declaration of forgiveness
Movements Conservative Laestadianism The Firstborn Laestadianism Little Firstborn group Torola group Reed group Reawakening Old erikians
Organizations Association of Peace Finland Sweden Estonia Laestadian Lutheran Church Old Apostolic Lutheran Church
Events Summer services
Culture Songs and Hymns of Zion Greasewood Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church Læstadiuspörtet
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Lars Levi Laestadius (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlɑːʂ ˈlěːvɪ lɛˈstɑ̌ːdɪɵs]; 10 January 1800 – 21 February 1861) was a Swedish Sami writer, ecologist, mythologist, and ethnographer as well as a pastor and administrator of the Swedish state Lutheran church in Lapland who founded the Laestadian pietist revival movement to help his largely Sami congregations, who were being ravaged by alcoholism. Laestadius himself became a teetotaller (except for his ongoing use of wine in holy Communion)^[1] in the 1840s, when he began successfully talking his Sami parishioners out of alcoholism. Laestadius was also a noted botanist and an author.