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(1922) Hellen Graduates from Seminary

Hellen graduated from Bethel Seminary in Göteborg (confirm the date Len). In her same class many fellow students decided to go into foreign missions. Sten Lindberg, Titti Schlyter, Dollan Swedberg-Strutz and herself decided to go into missions in China. Ebba Berglund-Carlsson, Iris Engbom and Anna Lisa Karlsson-Svärd chose the Congo. In another class Edit Andersson-Skoglund also decided for China missions and Hellen's brother David and his future wife Lisa, Ester Ericson, Lisa Högfelth all decided for Congo missions.

 

Photo: Students at Bethel Seminary reading The Weekly Post. David is in back row middle. Hellen is looks at camera front row right.

Photo of Hellen Collden with Fingspong Lasarett Hospital collegues, circa 1922
Hellen Collden in forefront left
with Fingspong Lasarett Hospital
Collegues Circa 1922
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Afterwards she attended an intensive nursing course in the Finspångs Lasarett. There she had the privilege to study under Dr. Ollén and Headnurse [the Swedish word is översköterska] Maja who was a candidate for the Mongolian Mission.

In America the sisters Margaret and Edith graduated from The Mounds Park Sanitarium at the First Swedish Baptist Church, St. Paul Minnesota on Wednesday, May 3rd.

In China

Meanwhile in China the work continued to grow. The mission opened and orphanage in Zhucheng.

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