NB! NEW DATE: LIVE STREAM LECTURE – Liberation or salvation? The Vormsi/Ormsö Estonian Swedes between Swedish Evangelism and Russian Orthodoxy – April 8 at 7pm (EST).

Mar 20, 2020 Estonian Life No. 12 2020

NB! NEW DATE: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 7pm

Join the on-line lecture in Youtube Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va9OgwEVsYA

Learn about the history of the Swedish-speaking farmers on the Estonian island of Vormsi/Ormsö from the Middle Ages to 1944. How the islanders became the subject of different cultural, religious and political battles between Sweden and Russia, Protestant revivals and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Trond Ove Tøllefsen teaches history at Uppsala University, Sweden, and is consulting professor in peace and conflict studies at the Free University of Catalunya (UOC).
During the on-line lecture you can ask questions in 2 ways:
1.) If you have Google account and you are logged into your account, you can write your questions in chat box, or
2.) You can send you questions by e-mail to vemuesc@gmail.com

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