Lars Erik Högberg

Högberg, Lars Erik

Missionary to East Turkestan
Born 18 December 1858
Nora Mountain Parish, Örebro County, Sweden
Died 1924
Spouse(s) Eva Eriksson, Sigrid Johanna Adelaide Braune

Lars Erik Högberg (18 December 1858 1924) was a missionary and linguist in Russia and Chinese Turkestan (present day Xinjiang). He served with the Mission Union of Sweden.

He first served in Russia in August 1880, and went to Chinese Turkestan first on May 3, 1894.

His first wife, Eva Eriksson, whom he married August 15, 1882, died August 3, 1892 of cholera in Tabris, Persia. On 26 March 1894 he married a second time to Sigrid Johanna Adelaide Braune.

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