Anna Rågel or Anna Rogel (4 December 1751 in

Merikarvia Merikarvia (; sv, Sastmola) is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region. The neighboring municipalities are Isojoki, Kristinestad, Pomarkku, Pori and Siikainen. The municipality has a population of () and it covers an ar ...

– 5 July 1784) was a Finnish

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. She is regarded as the most notable woman within the religious revival movement in

Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region is ...

and Ostrobothnia during the 18th century. She was also among the first "

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s" in Finland. After having become sick and bedridden in 1770, Anna Rogel became famous for, during unconsciousness, singing and massing in her bed. She claimed to have no recollection of it afterward. She became the target of thousands of pilgrimages, and the sleeptalk preachers spread along the coasts of

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in both

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and

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. She was for a period kept at the house of the merchant Johan Blad in Vaasa. A monument was raised over her in 1870.

Sources

Rågel, Anna, in Biofragiskt lxikon för Finland (Biographical Encyclopedia for Finland (BFL))
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogel, Anna 1751 births 1784 deaths People from Merikarvia 18th-century Finnish people