RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Lars Levi Laestadius

1800 - 1861

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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) in the 1840s, when he began successfully talking his Sami parishioners out of alcoholism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars Levi Laestadius has received more than 145,730 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Levi Laestadius is the 930th most popular religious figure (up from 966th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Religious Figure.

Lars Levi Laestadius was a minister who lived in the 1800s. He is most famous for his work with the Finnish people.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.93

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Lars Levi Laestadius ranks 930 out of 3,187. Before him are Leopold Mandić, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam, Gerolamo Emiliani, Otto of Bamberg, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, and Paula of Rome. After him are Antipope Clement VIII, Ibn Babawayh, William Miller, Lucifer of Cagliari, Antipope Innocent III, and Wasil ibn Ata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Lars Levi Laestadius ranks 13. Before him are Henry Fox Talbot, John Edward Gray, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Nat Turner, James Clark Ross, and John Brown. After him are Jacques Paul Migne, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1861, Lars Levi Laestadius ranks 17. Before him are Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Eugène Scribe, Elisha Otis, and Ranavalona I. After him are Henri Murger, Teréz Brunszvik, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Heinrich Marschner, and Jonas Furrer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lars Levi Laestadius ranks 177 out of 1,879. Before him are Hugo Alfvén (1872), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Maud Adams (1945), Sten Sture the Elder (1440), Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), and Per Albin Hansson (1885). After him are Carl Bildt (1949), Karin Månsdotter (1550), Catherine of Vadstena (1331), PewDiePie (1989), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), and Erik Acharius (1757).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sweden

Among religious figures born in Sweden, Lars Levi Laestadius ranks 5. Before him are Bridget of Sweden (1303), Eric IX of Sweden (1120), Olaus Magnus (1490), and Nathan Söderblom (1866). After him are Catherine of Vadstena (1331), Johannes Magnus (1488), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Gustav Trolle (1488), Laurentius Petri (1499), Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1417), and Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870).

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