Sofia Karolina (Lina) Snellman (7 November 1846 Oulu – 14 August 1924 Helsinki) was a Finnish deacon, Writer and director of the Helsinki Deaconess Institute in 1883–1924. She published booklets dealing with the field of diaconia and significantly promoted diaconia work in Finland.
Selected bibliography Om diakonissverksamheten förr och nu [About the former and current diaconal work]. Edlund, 1896. Theodor Fliedner : hans lif och verksamhet [Teodor Fliedner: his life and influence]. Edlund, 1896. Till öfverstinnan Karamzines minne : Diakonissanstaltens systrar och vänner tillägnadt af L.S-n [In memory of Colonel's wife Karamzine: Sisters and friends of the deaconess institution dedicated by L.S.] Finland Irene Rosenqvist. Söderström & C:o, distributor, 1909. Diakonissan Cecilia Blomqwist : en minnesteckning [Deaconess Cecilia Blomqvist: a eulogy]. Writer, 1911. För våra systrar : från diakonisshuset i Helsingfors [To our sisters: from the Helsinki Deaconess Institute]. Helsinki Deaconess Institute, 1911. Anna Hermanson : några drag af en lifsbild [Anna Hermanson: some excerpts from her biography]. Writer, 1913. De skandinaviska diakonisshusen [Scandinavian deaconess institutes]. Writer, 1914. Sjukvårdsteorier I och II : att vårda med härna, hjärta och hand [Nursing theory I and II : with knowledge, skill and love]. Editor Birgitta Geust and Eeva Hurskainen. Diamus – Museum of the Helsinki Deaconess Institute, 2014
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