Carl Joseph Fast (; (also written as 法士)

Foochow Romanized Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8 ...

: ''Huák-sê̤ṳ''; October 8, 1822 – November 13, 1850) was the second

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missionary sent to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Så började svensk mission i Kina
and the first Protestant missionary murdered in

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

. On January 1, 1850, Fast arrived in

Foochow Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8, ...

(today Fuzhou) as the missionary from the

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Missionary Society of Sweden,Lund Missionary Society (LuMS)
and was joined by later that year. The mission they set up in China was short-lived. On November 13, 1850, the two missionaries were brutally assaulted by Chinese pirates when they were coming up the River Min after getting money from a ship. Armed with a pistol Elgqvist survived the attack, but Fast was killed on the spot. Fast was buried in Fuzhou Nantai. An order was given by then-Fujian Governor

Xu Jiyu Xu Jiyu (; 1795–1873), native of Wutai County in Shanxi, high-ranking Chinese official and geographer during the late Qing dynasty. He is mostly known as the author of ''A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit'' (1849) and is widely regarded as a ...

() to capture the murderers within three days, and the case was finally settled on November 18, with three criminals brought to justice.鸦片战争与徐继畬

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at '' Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Fast, Carl Joseph 1822 births 1850 deaths Swedish Lutheran missionaries Lutheran missionaries in China Christian missionaries in Fujian Swedish people murdered abroad People murdered in China Swedish expatriates in China People from Lilla Edet Municipality 19th-century Lutherans 19th-century Swedish people