Karin Olofsdotter Bång, also known as Bång-Karin (1720–1790), was a Swedish spiritual ecstatic leader. She was the leader of an apocalyptic cult together with Mårten Thunberg, vicar of the Lillhärdal parish in Jämtland, a cult known as the Lillhärdalsläsarna ('The Lillhärdal Readers') or the Svärmeriet i Lillhärdal ('The Lillhärdal Religious ecstasy'), which lasted in Jämtland from 1768 until at least 1793.
Karin Olofsdotter Bång, also known as Bång-Karin (1720–1790), was a Swedish spiritual ecstatic leader. She was the leader of an apocalyptic cult together with Mårten Thunberg, vicar of the Lillhärdal parish in Jämtland, a cult known as the Lillhärdalsläsarna ('The Lillhärdal Readers') or the Svärmeriet i Lillhärdal ('The Lillhärdal Religious ecstasy'), which lasted in Jämtland from 1768 until at least 1793.
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