Introduction

Biography

At age 15, Peth­rus was bap­tized in the Bap­tist con­gre­ga­tion in Vän­ners­borg. For 48 years, he led the Fi­la­del­fia con­gre­ga­tion in Stock­holm.

He ed­it­ed the Chris­tian news­pa­per Da­gen (1945), worked on the song book Se­ger­ton­er, with IBRA Radio (1955), on the week­ly ma­ga­zine Ev­an­gel­ii Här­old, the pe­ri­od­ic­al Den Krist­ne, for the pub­lishing firm För­la­get Fi­la­del­fia, with the Krist­de­mo­kra­tis­ka Part­iet (KDS) po­li­ti­cal par­ty

He al­so helped found the Kag­ge­holms Folk­hög­sko­la college and the All­män­na Spar-Kre­dit­kas­san bank.

Works

• Ett sa­go­likt liv: me­mo­ar­er, an au­to­bio­gra­phy (Stock­holm: Bon­ni­ers, 1976)