Laestadianism
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Laestadianism, also known as Laestadian Lutheranism and Apostolic Lutheranism, is a pietistic Lutheran revival movement started in Lapland in the 19th century. Named after Swedish Lutheran state churc
A Firstborn Laestadian church service in the Church of Saint Stephen in Stockholm. When Firstborn congregations do not own their own prayer houses, the regular Church of Sweden parishes lend their buildings, in this case for a special "service weekend".
The headquarters of the Central Association of Conservative Laestadians in the Kontinkangas district of Oulu, Finland
Læstadian lay preacher, Finnmark, 1898
Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
Sámi people
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The Sámi are the traditionally Sámi-speaking indigenous people inhabiting the region of Sápmi. Formerly known as Lapland, Sápmi encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and of
Laestadianism
…uses the King James Version, which is also based the Textus Receptus. The movement's name stems from Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861), a Swedish Sámi state priest and administrator for the Swedish state Lutheran church in Sápmi who was also a noted botanist. Laestadius started the movement when working…
Sámi outside a lavvu, c. 1910
A Sámi man depicted in art, painting by François-Auguste Biard
Aleksander Lauréus's painting of the Sámi by the fire
A Sámi family in Norway around 1900