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Peter Wieselgren

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Peter Wieselgren drawn by Johan Christian Berger in 1847.
Peter Wieselgren in old age.

Peter Wieselgren, born 1 October 1800 in Vislanda Parish in Småland, died 10 October 1877 in Gothenburg, was a Lutheran priest and leader of the Swedish temperance movement who formed the first organised temperance society in Sweden.[1]

References

  1. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Temperance Movements" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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