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Here is a question from a Finlander that I hope someone can answer or suggest where answers can be found:
A few of my ancestors are identified as "Baptist" or listed in the Baptist church book, one among
them being my gr.gr. Grandmother, Helena Samuelsdotter Skeppernabba.
Is it reasonable to assume that other names not so identifed were members of the Lutheran church? A "side project" going on right now involves "conversation" with the head of the history department at Bethel University, St.Paul, who publishes a provocative quarterly, The Baptist Pietist Clarion. I believe that some of my forebearers identified with the Lasare movement,
having begun in Northern Sweden and spread to Finland. Admittedly Pietism has drawn a host of
responses because of its "many flavors" throughout Europe and even this country down through the years. I do think these forebearers of mine were too devoted and preoccupied with grinding out a livelihood from the harsh land of 63 degrees North Latitude. Hopefully some of the works I am reading will shed some light from Talve's "Finnish
Folk Culture" to "Monå Baptistforsamling 100 Å…r" as well as Leif Erik Holmquuist's Finland
Svenska Baptister 150 Å…r as well as the informative Sendtiyyvon. I feel fortunate to have these works at hand so focusing on Monåby, Munsala.
June
A few of my ancestors are identified as "Baptist" or listed in the Baptist church book, one among
them being my gr.gr. Grandmother, Helena Samuelsdotter Skeppernabba.
Is it reasonable to assume that other names not so identifed were members of the Lutheran church? A "side project" going on right now involves "conversation" with the head of the history department at Bethel University, St.Paul, who publishes a provocative quarterly, The Baptist Pietist Clarion. I believe that some of my forebearers identified with the Lasare movement,
having begun in Northern Sweden and spread to Finland. Admittedly Pietism has drawn a host of
responses because of its "many flavors" throughout Europe and even this country down through the years. I do think these forebearers of mine were too devoted and preoccupied with grinding out a livelihood from the harsh land of 63 degrees North Latitude. Hopefully some of the works I am reading will shed some light from Talve's "Finnish
Folk Culture" to "Monå Baptistforsamling 100 Å…r" as well as Leif Erik Holmquuist's Finland
Svenska Baptister 150 Å…r as well as the informative Sendtiyyvon. I feel fortunate to have these works at hand so focusing on Monåby, Munsala.
June
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