Linda Helenius (July 5, 1894 in

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– April 18, 1960 in

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) was a Finnish nurse, missionary and writer. Helenius was among the

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missionaries in

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(modern Namibia and Angola) in 1921–1952. She took a hospital position in the

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territory, first at

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and then

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Writings (in Finnish)

* ''Etelän ristin alla: Kuvauksia lääkärilähetystyöstä Ambomaalla''. Kirjoittajat

Selma Rainio Selma Rainio (until 1905 Lilius, 21 March 1873, Saarijärvi, Finland – 5 January 1939, Onandjokwe, South West Africa) was a Finns, Finnish missionary with the Finnish Missionary Society, the first Finnish medical missionary, who founded the ...

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ja Linda Helenius. Suomen lähetysseura, Helsinki 1923 * ''Orjuuden kahleissa: Ambokristityt portugalilaisten sortamina''. Suomen lähetysseura, Helsinki 1928 * ''Jumalan puutarha: Vaikutelmia työajaltani Ambomaalla''. Suomen lähetysseura, Helsinki 1930 * ''Ambolainen veritodistaja''. Suomen lähetysseura, Helsinki 1938 * ''”Sillä pimeys katoaa...” Ambopastori Paulus Hamutenjan elämästä ja evankeliumin leviämisestä Uukuanjamaassa''. Suomen lähetysseura, Helsinki 1942 * ''Terveisiä Ambomaalta''. Kirjoittajat Anni Melander, Rauha Tamminen, Linda Helenius. WSOY 1942 * ''Venheestä alloille: Jumalan kätten tekoja Afrikan aarniometsissä''. Vivamo-säätiö, Lohja 1957 * ''Vivamo ja sen asukkaiden vaiheita''. Vivamo-säätiö, Lohja 1957.

Sources

*Linda Helenius in the writer encyclopaedia of Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura *Kalliokoski, Ritva: Selma Rainio ensimmäisenä naislääkärinä Ambomaalle Afrikkaan. Lääkärilähetyksen 100-vuotisseminaari 20.9.2008. Finnish Lutheran missionaries Finnish nurses Lutheran missionaries in Namibia 1894 births 1960 deaths Christian writers Finnish expatriates in Namibia Female Christian missionaries 20th-century Lutherans {{Finland-bio-stub