The Skevik period Skevikarna



view värmdö (1865), oil painting king karl xv (1826–1872).


after 11 years of exile hardships living strangers , pilgrims, allowed return sweden in 1745. wealthy salesman admired them bought them farm on värmdö island outside of stockholm. @ farm, called skevik , got name, settled, , stayed there rest of lives. there secretly distributed lot of pietistic , mystic literature, keeping in contact other likeminded christians on northern europe.


during time had many visitors, among them 2 of sweden s kings, showing them respect denied many years.


with end of skevikare community around 1830, radical pietistic movement in sweden ceased.








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