Lars Levi Laestadius

Lars Levi Laestadius ( born October 1, 1800 Jäckvik, † February 21, 1861 in Pajala ) was a Swedish botanist, Evangelical- Lutheran pastor and revivalist in Lapland. He is regarded as the " Apostle of the seed." Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Laest. ".

Life and work

Laestadius came as the son of a Swede and an amine to the world and went to Uppsala in 1820 to study theology and botany. He undertook botanical trips and published several works on the flora of Lapland. 1825 Laestadius pastor in Karesuando ( Swedish Lapland ). He also continued here continued his botanical studies and made some new discoveries. As a botanist, he took part in 1838 at La Recherche expedition. He was regarded as the greatest expert on the Arctic flora.

As a pastor he preached initially mainly against alcohol abuse, which was particularly widespread at this time among the Sami population due to the uprooting by the Swedish rule. In 1844 he experienced, inspired by the encounter with the seeds girl Milla Clement yolk, the "Mary of Lapland ," his conversion experience. He felt called to bring the seeds alive Christianity from God. A year later began the pietistic revival movement, which for a long time was to mark the religious and cultural life of the entire Nordkalotte. The laestadianische movement gained just inside the Sami population of particular importance since Laestadius preached both in Sami and Finnish. His sermons were very emotional and extremely popular. You enabled the community in real ecstasies in which the community members mutually forgave sins. He hit exactly the attitude whose Christian profession even after over 200 years of conversion still wearing many animistic traits of Sami people. However, it was Laestadius ' quest to be the seed to preach a particularly pure Christianity of the highest morality, so he outlawed traditional religious elements such as the singing of joik.

In 1849 he was dean in Pajala. From his followers a religious revivalist Laestadianism, which is widely used today all over the Nordkalotte arose.

1852 came in Kautokeino to bloody riots of Læstadianern, the so-called " Kautokeino Rebellion ". The blame for this event was then blamed by many people Laestadius, although other motives were present.

Botanical Ehrentaxa

After Laestadius the following four plant species were identified:

  • Salix laestadiana
  • Carex laestadii
  • Papaver laestadianum
  • Arnica alpina laest.

Churches Memorial

  • February 21 in the Protestant calendar name
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