Some useful resources on Laestadius:
- The Laestadian Archives in Pajala, Sweden, gives access to many important Laestadian texts and other relevant material in Swedish, Finnish and English on Læstadius’ life and work (biography, botany, ecclesial, philosophical, political, theological, etc.).
Laestadius – biographical articles
- Franzén, Olle. Lars Levi Læstadius (from Svenskt Biografiskt Lexicon, Swedish)
- Hepokoski, Warren, H. Lars Levi Laestadius and the Revival in Lapland (English)
- Ikonen, Markku & Muola, Timo. Lars Levi Læstadius (Finnish)
- Kristiansen, Roald E. Lars Levi Læstadius (Norwegian)
- Article in Wikipedia on Lars Levi Laestadius (Norwegian)
- Norrlandsresan 2001. Den norrlänska prästsläkten Læstadius (Swedish)
- “Laestadius, Lars, Levi” in Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland, (Swedish).
- Marttinen, Terry-Lee, “Lars Levi Laestadius, Sami Women, and Religion in 19th Century Sweden” Academia.edu
Laestadius as a theologian and a philosopher
- The complete text (in Swedish) is available from the Laestadian Archives.
- E.M.Conradie, “Creation and Salvation”, LIT Verlag Münster, 2012, pp.148-151, from Google Books: Laestadius as theologian (English)
- Joensuu, Kosti. The Physical, Moral and Spiritual: A Study on Vitalist Psychology and the Philosophy of Religion of Lars Levi Laestadius. (Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 337). Rovaniemi: Lapin yliopisto, 2016.
- Miki Vähäkangas, “Har det andliga en samhällelig betydelse? Laestadius’ tidiga predikningar i sin koloniala kontext” (Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift 88 (2012), pp.145-154.
- Various texts (including sermons) written by Lars Levi Læstadius. (Lauri Koistinen’s website. Texts in Swedish, Finnish, Sámi, Norwegian and German).
Laestadius as a botanist
- Franzén, Olle. Naturalhistorikeren Lars Levi Læstadius (Swedish)
- Granmo, Alfred. Botanikeren Lars Levi Læstadius (Norwegian)
- Høiland, Klaus. Lars Levi Læstadius – en av Nordkalottens første botanikere (Norwegian)
- Mikkelsen, Anstein. 2000. Småfugler og evighetsblomster. Documentary about Laestadius as a botanist. Displayed at NRK on the 200th anniversary of Laestadius’ birth.
- Talonen, Juoko, “Lars Levi Laestadius as Scientist” in: A Godly Heritage: Historical View of the Laestadian Revival and Development of the Apostolic Lutheran Church in America. Ed. by Aila Foltz & Mariam Yliniemi, Frazee, MN, 2005, pp. 37-41.
- Nordaflora. Planter med tilknytning til Lars Levi Laestadius (Norwegian)
Laestadius as an ethnographer
- Hallencreutz, Carl F. Lars Levi Læstadius’ Attitude to Saami Religion (English)
- Pentikäinen, Juha, “Lars Levi Læstadius som samisk mytolog og mytograf” in: Fragmenter i Lappska Mytologien, ed. by J.Pentikäinen, Åbo: NIF Publications No.37, 1997, pp.238-263. (English version in Fragments of Lappish Mythology, Aspasia Books, 2002, also in Sami Folkloristics, Turku 2000, pp. 41-74.
- Article in Wikipedia on Laestadius’ Fragments of Saami Mythology (Norwegian)
Laestadius as a linguist
- Håkan Rydving, “Lars Levi Læstadius og det første lulesamiske skriftspråket” in: Jonsell, Bengt, Inger Nordal og Håkan Rydving (eds.): Lars Levi Læstadius, botaniker – lingvist – etnograf – teolog. Novus forlag 2000, pp. 69-76.
Laestadius as Educator
- Anderzen, Sölve, “Missionsskolor: ide, metod och strategi. Torne lappmark 1848-1862” in: Växelverkan och identitet. Kyrka och religion i Finland och Sverige 1809-1999, Ingvar Dahlbacka & Andrè Swanström (eds.). Åbo: Kyrkohistoriska Arkivet ved Åbo Akademi, 2006, pp. 57-95.
Laestadius as a Social Reformer
- Heidi Hernefeldt, Læstadius och Wieselgrens kamp i norr och söder mot alkoholmissbruket (C-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle)
- Terry-Lee Martinen, “Scandinavian Anthropology, Eugenics, and Post-Colonial Geneticization of Sami Culture”, Academia.
On Læstadianism
- The Finnish journal, “Approaching Religion”, has published a series of articles on Laestadianism. Authors include: Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo, Anssi Ollilainen, Gerd Snellman, Roald E. Kristiansen, Rolf Inge Larsen and Bengt-Ove Andreassen, as well as two book reviews. Link: https://journal.fi/ar/issue/view/6275.