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The Jokkmokk Church (1753) and other old wooden churches in Swedish Lapland represent missionary work among which indigenous people?
Answer: Sami people — Swedish missionaries, particularly under the state church, converted the Sami from their traditional shamanistic beliefs to Lutheranism starting in the 17th century.
- A Finns
- B Kvens
- C Sami people ✓
- D Tornedalians
Swedish missionaries, particularly under the state church, converted the Sami from their traditional shamanistic beliefs to Lutheranism starting in the 17th century.