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 Vislanda Parish, Småland, Sweden
Died	10 October 1877(1877-10-10) (aged 77) Gothenburg, Sweden
Resting place	Stampen Cemetery, Gothenburg
Occupation(s)	Librarian, archivist, literary historian, priest, theologian
Spouse	Matilda Catharina Rosenquist ​ ​ (m. 1833)​
Children	10, including Harald Wieselgren (born 1835) Sigfrid Wieselgren [sv] (born 1843) Magnus Wieselgren [sv] (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.^[1]