Anna Rogel

Who was Anna Rogel?

Anna Rågel or Anna Rogel was a Finnish preacher. She is regarded as the most notable woman within the religious revival movement in Satakunda and Österbotten during the 18th century. She was also among the first within sleep-talk preaching.

After having become sick and bedridden in 1770, Anna Rogel became famous for, during unconsciousness, singing and massing in her bed. She claimed to have no recollection of it afterward. She became the target of thousands of pilgrimages, and the sleeptalk preachers spread along the coasts of Bottenviken in both Finland and Sweden. She was for a period kept at the house of the merchant Johan Blad in Vaasa.

A monument was raised over her in 1870.