Siri Andersson-Palmestav
Siri Andersson-Palmestav (17 December 1903 – 6 March 2002) was a Swedish writer and missionary.[1][2]
She was born in Gävle Parish, became a student, studying at Betelseminariet in Stockholm and at the Örebro School of Theology.[3] She worked as missionary between 1928 and 1962 in Estonia, Poland and Germany. Andersson described in her books a martyrdom of Christians in communist Russia.[4]
In 1957, she married Jakob Palmestav (1896–1981).[1]
Works
[edit]- Estland – en port till Ryssland (1942)
- Fronter som kalla (1945)
- Bildsnidarens son Skildring från Estland (1946)
- Människor i ruiner (1949)
- Hoppet som aldrig dog (1958)
- Vindringsstaven (1961)
- De kämpade för friheten (1963)
- Solen gick upp till sist (1964)
- Sovjetflickan (1965)
- I hamn efter stormig seglats (1965)
- Natten kom för tidigt (1967)
- Guds barn och barnbarn (1967)
- Den flyende nunnan (1971)
- De följde ett kors (1975)
- Han flydde ur sovjet för sin tros skull (1982)
- De fick hjälp (1986)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sveriges dödbok 1901-2013 Swedish death index 1901-2013 (in Swedish). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2014. ISBN 9789187676642.
- ^ "Andersson, Siri Regina". Svenskt författarlexikon 1961–1965. Vol. 5. Stockholm. 1968. p. 25.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Andersson, Siri Regina". Svenskt författarlexikon 1941-1950. Vol. 2. Stockholm. 1953. p. 30.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bibliotekshögskolan Specialarbete 1977 s. 11.
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