An Association of Peace ()is an official grouping of
conservative Laestadians.
In
Europe
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there are 214 Associations of Peace: 179 in
Finland
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, eight in
Russia
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, five in
Sweden
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, one in
Norway
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and one in
Estonia
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. There are also three central organizations:
SRK in Finland,
SFC in Sweden and
Estonian Lutheran Association of Pecae in Estonia. The
Laestadian Lutheran Church does mission work worldwide in collaboration with Association of Peace organizations.
See also
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Conservative Laestadianism
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Laestadianism
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Laestadianism in America
The Laestadian church arrived in North America with Nordic (especially Finnish and Sami) immigrants in the latter half of the 19th century, many of whom came to work in the copper mines of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Some of these new immigrant ...
*SRK,
Central Association of Finnish Association of Peace
*SFC,
Sveriges fridsföreningarnas centralorganisation
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Estonian Lutheran Association of Peace
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Laestadian Lutheran Church
External links
SRKList of associations in Finland
References
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Lutheranism in Finland
Laestadianism
Lutheran organizations