Lars Erik Högberg

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Högberg, Lars Erik Missionary to East Turkestan Born 18 December 1858 Nora Mountain Parish, Örebro County, Sweden Died 1924 Spouse 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 of 1880, and went to Chinese Turkestan first in May 3, 1894.

His first wife, Eva Eriksson, who 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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• L.E. Högberg, Läkaremissionen i Kaschgar, N:o 13, 1 Juli - Läkaremission: I. (1905)
• L. E. Hogberg, The Way of Life, Kashgar: