Magnus Bäcklund

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Magnus Bäcklund Missionary to East Turkestan Born 12 December 1866 Alstakan, Gunnarskog Parish, Värmland, Sweden Died 26 June 1903 Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

Magnus Bäcklund (12 December 1866-26 June 1903) was a Swedish missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden.

Magnus was born in Alstakan, Gunnarskog parish, Värmland. He grew up in a poor family, and had to work hard. He found employment at Östlund & Almqvist in Arvika. He studied German and French and Greek during this time.

In 1895 he travelled to Kashgar, but being delayed, he studied Uyghur in Bukhara, and only arrived in Kashgar June the following year.

In 26 June 1903 he died, and was buried in Kashgar.

[edit] Bibliography

• J. Lundahl (editor), På obanade stigar: Tjugofem år i Ost-Turkestan. Stockholm, Svenska Missionsförbundet Förlag, 1917

[edit] External links

• Mission and Change in Eastern Turkestan (English Translation of select chapters of Mission och revolution i Centralasien)