Nils Fredrik Höijer

Nils Fredrik Höijer (1857-20 November 1925) was a Swedish missionary to Central Asia. In 1892 he accompanied Johannes Avetaranian to Kashgar. He did not however, stay in Kashgar.In 1903 he founded Swedish Slavic Mission (today known as Ljus i Öster Light for the Peoples), a missionary organization that today has missionaries in works in the CIS, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Mongolia and China.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1857
Birth place
Värmland , Svanskog
Date of deathNovember 20, 1925
Place of death
Seattle , Washington (state)

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  2. http://www.ljusioster.se