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Acta Borealia
A Nordic Journal of Circumpolar Societies
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Original Articles

A review of theories on the Laestadian rørelse: on the academic construction of something extraordinary and exotic

Pages 70-89 | Received 16 Nov 2015, Accepted 09 Nov 2016, Published online: 08 May 2017

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