Bjørg Marie Lundager, b. Fuglestrand, 1925, Norway. Nurse from the Nursing School at "Menighetssøsterhemmet", Oslo, 1947-50. Bible school, Oslo, 1952-53. Course at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, 1953. Married to Karl Emil Lundager, 1953. Together with husband sent to Nigeria by Danish United Sudan Mission and Sudan United Mission, British Branch, 1949-71. Sent by DMS to Bukoba, Tanzania, 1971-93. Working areas: Women's ministry, evangelist at the government hospital and Christian teaching at government schools. From 1972 parish assistant at ELCT, member of the Parish Council and the District Church Council. (See also husband's portrait). In 1994, Bjørg and Karl Emil Lundager returned to Denmark for retirement – after 44 years of mission service to Africa, which they are telling about in a book, published in 2004 - "Afrikas veje - Guds veje: 44 år under tropesol". (Photo 1982).
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-97036
- Dates
- 1982
- Format
- Photographs
- Place Discussed
- Africa Bukoba Tanganyika Tanzania
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Tanzania
- Reference
- imp-dan-Folder038_00027A.jpg
- Rights
- CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive. Danmission Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk danmission@danmission.dk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/98e1232f057fc19d6d1f92ca1413b6ba