Stina Mårtensson
Stina Mårtensson | |
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| Born | 3 June 1882 |
| Died | 1962 (aged 79–80) |
Stina Mårtensson (3 June 1882 – 1962) was a Swedish missionary. She served with the Swedish Missionary Society in Chinese Turkestan (present day Xinjiang) and India.
Mårtensson was born in Ovanåker in Hälsingland, Sweden. She worked as a nurse midwife in Yarkand[1] and Kashgar for more than 22 years in various periods during the years 1907–1936. In the 1930s, she worked with other missionaries to offer vocational training in farmwork.[2]
From 1939 until 1946 she worked in India. She died in Sweden in 1962 at the age of 80.
See also
[edit]- Mission and Change in Eastern Turkestan (English Translation of select chapters of Mission och revolution i Centralasien)
- Margareta Hook Homepage (archived ~2012) has some pictures.
- Missionskyrkan 2003 contains article that mentions her
References
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