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(1800–61). B. Arjeplog, Norrbotten Co., N Swed.; educ. Uppsala; botanist; Luth. pastor Arjeplog 1825, Kaaresuvanto (Karesuando; Karesuanto) 1826, Pajala 1849; led pietistic movement that spread in N Swed., Norw., and esp. Fin. Adherents of the movement, called Laestadians, oppose luxury. See also Finland, Lutheranism in, 4; Finnish Lutherans in America, 4; Lapland. GH
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