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	Lars Levi Laestadius -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lars Levi Læstadius (October 1 1800 - February 21 1861) was a (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Swedish (Follower of Lutheranism) Lutheran pastor of (The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula) Sami ancestry.
		At the time of Laestadius' arrival, Karesuando was a place with widespread (A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune) misery and (Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms) alcoholism.
		Laestadius' mother tongue was (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Swedish but he also spoke the Lule dialect of the (The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula) Sami language.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lars_levi_laestadius.htm (916 words)

	The Northern Lights Route - Laestadius
		Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861) headed the greatest religious revival of all times in northern Scandinavia.
		Laestadius came into contact with a Sami woman, on an 1844 journey, who paved the way to his religious breakthrough.
		Laestadius mastered both Sami and Finnish; his most important language, as a minister of the gospel, proved to be Finnish.
	www.ub.uit.no /northernlights/eng/laestadius.htm (416 words)

	Lars Levi Laestadius
		Lars Levi Laestadius was a Lutheran pastor who served in northern Sweden from 1825 to 1861.
		Lars, of Sami ancestry, was born on a poor, new-settler farm in Arjeploug in northern Sweden and had an extremely tough childhood.
		Because of Carl, Lars Levi was able to enter the university at Uppsala in 1820, where he proved to be a brilliant student.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/lutheranism/72813 (447 words)

	Lars Levi LÃ¦stadius Online Research :: Information about Lars Levi LÃ¦stadius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lars Levi LÃ¦stadius (October 1, 1800 - February 21, 1861) was a Sweden Lutheran pastor of Sami ancestry.
		The family lived in poverty, but with help from a half-brother who was a pastor at Kvikkjok, Lars Levi was able to enter the Uppsala University in 1820 where he proved to be a brilliant student.
		Laestadius died in 1861 and was succeeded by Johan Raatamaa as the leader of the Laestadian movement.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Lars_Levi_Laestadius.html (573 words)

	Lars Levi Læstadius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lars Levi Læstadius (October 1, 1800 - February 21, 1861) was a Swedish Lutheran pastor of Sami ancestry.
		The family lived in poverty, but with help from a half-brother who was a pastor at Kvikkjok, Lars Levi was able to enter the University of Uppsala in 1820 where he proved to be a brilliant student.
		This could be said to be the moment when Laestadianism became a movement in its own right, although it remained within and never separated from the Church of Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lars_Levi_Laestadius (585 words)

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		The Swedish preacher and botanist Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861) bridged the gap between faith and science.
		The clergyman Laestadius was the founder of Laestadianism, an extremely pious form of Lutheranism and one of Scandinavia's most eminent botanists.
		This report won Laestadius such recognition and status that the Swedish Academy of Science and Letters decided to finance his later field trips.
	www.makkeri.bravepages.com /filahome.htm (225 words)

	Sami people - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		TheSwedish Sami vicar, Lars Levi Laestadius initiated apuritan, lutheran movement among the Sami around 1840.
		By mainly a French initiative,from J.P Gaimard, Lars Levi Laestadius started to do research in the Sami mythology.His work resulted in four bands or fragments, since it in his own word only contained only a few percents of what hadexisted.
		Lars Levi Laestadius, scientist and preacher, whostudied Sami culture
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Sami (1184 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the time of Laestadius' arrival, Karesuando was a place with widespread misery and alcoholism.
		Laestadius' mother tongue was Swedish but he also spoke the Lule dialect of the Sami language.
		The resistance to Laestadius' radical christian ethics and morale, together with his way to confront the parishioners to their sins was bigger in Pajala and the bishop decided in 1853 that two church services should be held in Pajala, one for the laestadians and one for the others.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Lars_Levi_Laestadius (582 words)

	Memories of Finland
		Lars Levi Læstadius Insightful and detailed account of Sami (Lappish) mythology as observed in the 1840s by brilliant scientist and later prophet of Apostolic Lutheran faith, L.L. Læstadius.
		LARS LEVI LAESTADIUS(1800-1861) is best known as the founder and mentor of the religious revivalist movement called Laestadianism, which has hundreds of thousands of followers in Finland, Norway and Sweden as well as in North America.
		Laestadius was an intellectual giant with a wide range of interests, including advanced botany.
	www.memoriesoffinland.com /product.asp?productid=ASP-LAPP (298 words)

	Welcome to Karesuando
		The Laestadius revival is to this day a living force that colours the everyday lives of the people in Karesuando.
		It was built to the memory of the preacher and botanist Laestadius.
		Kuttainen is a village with strong connection to the religion of Lars Levi Laestadius.
	www.karesuando.se /kdo/turist/info-eng.htm (990 words)

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		The Origins of Laestadianism in Nineteenth Century Sweden Laestadianism was founded by Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861), a Swedish minister, advocate of sobriety, naturalist and philosopher.
		After talking with her, Laestadius truly found his personal faith, and his sermons were said to have gained a new kind of strength (Leivo 104).
		Lars Levi Laestadius preached a lot about the dangers of alcohol, and therefore Laestadians are teetotallers (Kinnunen 26).
	www.uta.fi /~jk79131/Laestadianism.rtf (5077 words)

	Northern Ethnography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lars Levi Laestadius was born in Jäckvik on January 10th, 1800, and died in Pajala on February 21st, 1861.
		Laestadius was well aware of his Sami roots and proud of them; he considered his profound local orientation as a special strength while doing his field work among the Sami and writing his mythology.
		-- Lars Levi Laestadius as Sami Mythologist and Mythographer.
	rehue.csociales.uchile.cl /antropologia/congreso/c05.html (7271 words)

	From Faith to Faith
		Laestadius was a learned theologian and had a great insight into the order of grace, and he emphasized the importance of a purely Biblical doctrine.
		Lars Levi studied Botany and Theology in Uppsala, and in 1825 was ordained and later appointed pastor in North Sweden.
		Lars Levi Laestadius was ordained minister in 1825, but his "spiritual birth" occured on New Year´s Day, 1844.
	www.makkeri.bravepages.com /fromf.htm (5199 words)

	Fetch Eddie to search and find (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Levi, Eliphas - An introduction and biography of this occultist.
		Levi - Profile of the son of Jacob from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.
		Lars Levi Laestadius 200 - Webbplats fÃ¶r jubileumsÃ¥ret 2000.
	www.fetcheddie.com /cgi-bin/odp/index.cgi?search=levi (604 words)

	Laestadianism in America - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Laestadianism in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Some of these new immigrants found themselves in conflict with older, established immigrants from the same countries, being generally poorer and less established, and hewing to the new, fundamentalist teachings of Lars Levi Laestadius.
		As a result, Laestadian congregations separate from the extant Scandinavian Lutheran churches were formed in Cokato, Minnesota in 1872 and in Calumet, Michigan in 1873.
		The term "Laestadian" is used as an umbrella to refer to all churches with a clear succession of belief from the teachings of Lars Levi Laestadius.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Laestadianism-in-America.html (996 words)

	Åsele kyrkas historia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The chapel has been named after a Lapp girl, who Lars Levi Laestadius met and spoke to at Åsele.
		Lars Levi Laestadius was the founder of one of the biggest revivalist movement in our diocese: the Laestadianism.
		It is said that Maria, or Milla as some researchers say was her real name, inspired Laestadius to his revivalist movement.
	www.svenskakyrkan.se /asele/asele_history.html (596 words)

	Who We Are (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The association changed its name in 1994 in order to better convey its spiritual heritage and the nature of its organization.
		The name of the reformer Martin Luther and his teachings are well known around the world.
		In 1844, after nineteen years in the ministry, Laestadius was helped into living faith by a woman named Milla Clementsdotter, a member of a group known as "Readers." Following his conversion, Laestadius's sermons were instilled with a new power, the power of the Holy Spirit.
	www.laestadianlutheran.org /who_we_are.html (348 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The name of the reform group called Laestadians came from a priest called Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861), who was influential in Northern Sweden.
		Laestadius was also responsible for directing the mission work of Lapland.
		So in the year of 1847, the messengers of the temperance society brought this word of the movement still further.
	www.srk-oulu.net /teksti3e.htm (1022 words)

	Laestadianism in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Laestadianism was founded by Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861), a Swedish minister, advocate of sobriety, naturalist and philosopher.
		Laestadius studied in Uppsala University, and after graduation worked as a minister in Karesuando
		She was first identified as Maria in some studies, but similarities were noted between the stories of Milla and Maria, and she was reckoned to be the same person.
	www.uta.fi /~johanna.kouva/Laestadianism.html (5064 words)

	Laestadius, Lars-Levi Books! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The new postilla of Lars Levi Laestadius, Pastor of Pajala
		Den himmelska frldern: Ett studium av kvinnans betydelse i och fr Lars Levi Laestadius' teologi och frkunnelse (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis)
		Usko ja elm: Koutokeinon saamelaisten hengellisest elmsta, Lars Levi Laestadiuksen heryksest ja lestadiolaisuuden alkuvaiheista ennen vuotta 1852
	www.onsofts.com /ad/book_authors/Writer_L/Laestadius_Lars-Levi.html (310 words)

	Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku
		Laestadius (accent on the second "a") was an outstanding Swedish botanist who became a clergyman.
		On a preaching mission in Swedish Lapland, he was moved by the devotion of some of the Lapp Christians he met, and undertook to stir up others to a similar devotion.
		Almighty God, we praise you for the men and women you have sent To call the Church to its tasks and renew its life, such as your servants Mikael Agricola, Paavali Juusten, Paavo Henrik Ruotsalainen, and Lars Levi Laestadius, whom you called to preach to the peoples of Sweden, Lapland, and Finland.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/135.html (708 words)

	LEARNING TO LIVE FREE: Life as a Former Laestadian: October 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I was raised in an unusual sect that follows the teachings of Lars Levi Laestadius, a 19th century Swedish revivalist, botanist and mythographer.
		Years later I was surprised to discover, in an exhibit in Seattle's Nordic Heritage Museum, a likeness of Lars Levi Laestadius with a long face and high collar, a postilla and a placard identifying him as a botanist and leader of a Finnish religious sect.
		They have replaced the importance of God's word, with the sermons of a man, Lars Levi Laestadius, who preached in Europe, long ago.
	extoots.blogspot.com /2004_10_01_extoots_archive.html (2413 words)

	Scandinavian Studies: Lars Levi Laestadius. Fragments of Lappish Mythology.(Book Review)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-61) is best known as a fiery revivalist preacher, whose followers became one of the most influential religious movements within Nordic Lutheranism.
		Yet before the religious crisis that transformed his career as a minister, Laestadius had gained prominence in a number of areas, particularly botany and the study of Sami culture.
		His overview of Sami pre-Christian religion, completed in 1845 and entitled "Fragmenter i Lappska Mythologien," was never published...
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:113055451&refid=ink_tptd_mag (186 words)

	BIO: Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 12 April we commemorate several Christians in the Lutheran tradition who have preached the Gospel in Finland: Mikael Agricola (c.1510-1557); Paavali (Paul) Juusten (1516-1576); Paavo Henrik (Paul Henry) Ruotsalainen (1777-1852); and Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1860).
		Mikael Agricola (accent on the first syllable, as in most Finnish words not compounds), was born in Uusimaa, Finland, about 1510.
		PRAYER (contemporary language) Almighty God, we praise you for the men and women you have sent to call the Church to its tasks and renew its life, such as your servants Mikael Agricola, Paavali Juusten, Paavo Henrik Ruotsalainen, and Lars Levi Laestadius, whom you called to preach to the peoples of Sweden, Lapland, and Finland.
	www.hillsdale.edu /Personal/Westblade/REL/Biography/04/12a.html (462 words)

	Reguly, Antal History - Reguly, Antal Information
		He met all the important intellectuals (including the mythologist and initiator of the "awakening movement" of the Lapps, L. Laestadius), and from 1841 on he met the intellectuals in Saint Petersburg (including K. von Baer and Peter von Köppen) and Swedish Lapland.
		Reguly's collections from other Finno-Ugric peoples have a lesser importance for the study of mythology, but they are often the first scholarly collected folklore items of special regions or genres.
		Castrén, Matthias Alexander; Finno-Ugric Religions; Khanty and Mansi Religion; Laestadius, Lars Levi.
	www.bookrags.com /other/religion/reguly-antal-eorl-11.html (868 words)

	Lestadiolaisuus
		This movement was born in the Swedish Lapland in the 1840’s as a result of large awakenings.
		The “father” of these awakenings was the rector of Kaaresuvanto parish in the northernmost part of Sweden, Lars Levi Laestadius.
		The awakewnings spread very soon to Norway, Sweden and with the immigrants also to the USA and Canada.
	www.makkeri.bravepages.com /index3.htm (494 words)

	Articles - Sami people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Norway, a major effort to convert the Sami was made around 1720, when the "Apostle of the Sami" - Thomas von Westen, burned drums and converted people by force.
		Through a mainly French initiative, from J.P. Gaimard, Lars Levi Laestadius began researching the Sami mythology.
		These festivals combine traditional culture with modern phenomena such as snowmobile races.
	www.landize.com /articles/Sami_people (1966 words)

	Tornedals kultur
		You can choose between Kangos Homestead Museum or Laestadius Museum in Pajala.
		At the Laestadius Museum you will become acquainted with a man often considered to be Torne Valley’s most significant person - Lars Levi Laestadius.
		Laestadius was an inspired preacher and leader of a religious awakening, determined absolutist, and capable natural scientist.
	byaliv.com /Engelska/T_V_culture.htm (400 words)

	Laestadian Lutheran Church, Records
		The collection includes CDs and cassettes with hymns and religious songs, albums of Summer Services containing taped sermons, calendars, hymn and song books, issues of "Christmas in Zion", religious literature, and text books, coloring books and handbooks for Sunday Schools and Bible classes.
		The Laestadian movement, named after Lutheran pastor Lars Levi Laestadius, first reached North America with Finnish immigrants in the 1860s.
		Congregations were first formally organized in Cokato, Minnesota in 1872 and Calumet, Michigan in 1873.
	www.ihrc.umn.edu /research/vitrage/all/la/ihrc1319.html (225 words)

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