Magnus Bäcklund
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Magnus Bäcklund
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Magnus Bäcklund 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, 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, 1897. In Xinjiang, he worked at the Mission
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