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Torjesen's family was informed by Hequ county officials in 1988 that Peter was on the county's list of "people's martyrs", and that the county wanted to erect a monument on the 50th anniversary of his death. The marble monument, with Peter's story engraved in gold characters, was unveiled in August
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While in Norway, he had become engaged to
Valborg, a trainee nurse. After completing her training, she studied at Bible school in Oslo and then at CIM in London. She then travelled to China and she and Peter were married on 17 January 1923 in Lan Xian. They went on to have four children.
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before returning to Norway for military service. In 1918 he returned to the US and was ordained by the
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