 He lived in Kengis, but in 1869 his house and grave and the whole church of Kengis were moved to Pajala.The town was mistakenly bombed by Soviet airplanes during the Finnish/Soviet Winter War, in spring 1940.Seven Soviet planes dropped 134 bombs, a mix of explosive and firebombs, which destroyed six buildings, badly damaging telephone wires, and making the streets impossible to drive on due to 43 big craters.