Oskar Arngarden, 38 years old, is a Lutheran pastor who became famous in Sweden not for his masses, but for his bodybuilding classes on Instagram that his loyal fans follow with almost divine attention.
The religious man, married with two children, is a chaplain in a hospital in the town of Uppsala, north of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
But he has a second life on social media: he devotes himself heart and soul to his own fitness on Instagram, where he calls himself Crossfit Priest.
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“In the Bible we can read that the body is a temple. I think that forces us to ask this question: how to deal with this temple?” he explains to AFP, watching his videos on his phone shows.
In his videos, Arngarden can be seen lifting weights and working to build his impressive muscles. “We have to find a way for the church to reach the people. (…) And where are the people? It’s on social networks,” he says.
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Despite its Protestant past, Sweden is one of the European countries with the fewest believers. “Social networks have something spiritual (…). There we can communicate with anyone, get information and understand the world,” he says. “God is part of every aspect of my life. When I lift weights, (…) it is, in a way, a prayer from God. Faith is always with me no matter what I do. I can’t separate it from rest of my life.” my life,” he added.
Source: DN
