Læstadiuspörtet is a
rectory
A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, p ...
in the form of a cottage built of red timber located in
Pajala Municipality
Pajala Municipality (; Meänkieli and Finnish: ''Pajalan kunta'') is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in the locality of Pajala.
In 1884 Tärendö was detached from Pajala Municipalit ...
, Sweden. Læstadiuspörtet was the home of the Swedish Lutheran pastor of
Sámi
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descent and founder of
Laestadianism
Laestadianism (; ; ; ), also known as Laestadian Lutheranism and Apostolic Lutheranism, is a Pietism, pietistic Lutheranism, Lutheran revival movement started in Sápmi in the middle of the 19th century. Named after Church of Sweden, Swedish Lu ...
,
Lars Levi Laestadius
Lars Levi Laestadius (; 10 January 1800 – 21 February 1861) was a Swedish Sami writer, ecologist, mythologist, and ethnographer as well as a pastor and administrator of the Swedish state Lutheran church in Lapland who founded the Laestadi ...
, from 1851 until his death here in 1861, and now serves as the Laestadius Museum.
References
Further reading
*Koistinen, L (2007): ''Lars Levi Laestadius prästgårdar 1826–1861''
*Ylitalo, K m.fl. (2000): ''Lars Levi Laestadius Årtusendets Norrbottning'', Laestadiusprojektet, sid. 9.
External links
Laestadius FriendsPajala Kommun/Kultur och Fritid - museumKringla Riksantikvarieämbetet
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Clergy houses in Sweden
Museums in Norrbotten County
Laestadianism
Pajala Municipality