Elin Karolina Svensson (25 November 1879 – 27 December 1960) was a Swedish missionary. She served with the
Mission Union of Sweden in
Chinese Turkestan
Chinese Turkestan or Chinese Turkistan, is a geographical term or historical region corresponding to the region of the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang (south of the Tian Shan mountain range) or Xinjiang as a whole which was under the rule of ...
(present day Xinjiang).
Svensson was born in LÃ¥ngared parish,
Älvsborg County
Älvsborg County () was a county of Sweden until 1997, when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg & Bohus and Skaraborg to form Västra Götaland County.
The county corresponded to the traditional province of Dalsland and the central ...
and died in
Alingsås
Alingsås () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Alingsås Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 24,482 inhabitants in 2010.
Geography
Geographically the city is situated by the outlet of the small rivulet Säv ...
27 December 1960.
Bibliography
*J. Lundahl (editor), På obanade stigar: Tjugofem år i Ost-Turkestan. Stockholm, Svenska Missionsförbundet Förlag, 1917
References
External links
Mission and Change in Eastern Turkestan(English Translation of select chapters of ''Mission och revolution i Centralasien'')
1879 births
1960 deaths
Swedish Protestant missionaries
Protestant missionaries in China
Christian missionaries in Central Asia
Female Christian missionaries
20th century in Xinjiang
Year of death missing
Swedish expatriates in China
People from Alingsås Municipality
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