birth_date: 1800-01-10 00:00:00
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name: Lars Levi Laestadius
about: Lars Levi Laestadius was a Swedish pastor and administrator of the Swedish state Lutheran church in Lapland who founded the Laestadian pietist revival movement to help his largely Sami congregations, who were being ravaged by alcoholism. Laestadius was also a noted botanist and an author. [from Wikipedia]
death_date: 1861-02-21 00:00:00