Peter Wieselgren

Peter Wieselgren
Wieselgren in his later years with the Order of the Polar Star Commander insignia. Based on a painting by Hilda Lindgren.
Born
Peter Jonasson

(1800-10-01)1 October 1800
Died10 October 1877(1877-10-10) (aged 77)
Resting placeStampen Cemetery, Gothenburg
Occupation(s)Librarian, archivist, literary historian, priest, theologian
Spouse
Matilda Catharina Rosenquist
(m. 1833)
Children10, including
  • Harald Wieselgren (born 1835)
  • Sigfrid Wieselgren (born 1843)
  • Magnus Wieselgren (born 1852)

Peter (Per) Wieselgren, born Jonasson (1 October 1800 – 10 October 1877) was a Lutheran priest, librarian, archivist, literary historian, and leader of the Swedish temperance movement who formed the first organised temperance society in Sweden.