BBrriigghhaamm YYoouunngg UUnniivveerrssiittyy BBYYUU SScchhoollaarrssAArrcchhiivvee Theses and Dissertations 1966 HHiissttoorryy ooff tthhee DDaanniisshh MMiissssiioonn ooff TThhee CChhuurrcchh ooff JJeessuuss CChhrriisstt ooff LLaatttteerr--DDaayy SSaaiinnttss,, 11885500--11996644 Marius Aldrid Christensen Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Missions and World Christianity Commons, Mormon Studies Commons, and the Scandinavian Studies Commons BBYYUU SScchhoollaarrssAArrcchhiivvee CCiittaattiioonn Christensen, Marius Aldrid, "History of the Danish Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1850-1964" (1966). Theses and Dissertations. 4595. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4595 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. lon HISTORY OF THE DANISH MMIISSSSIIOOHN OF TIthHHeEE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LLAATTTTEERRDDAAYY SAINTS 1850 1964 tthheessiiss A presented to the graduate department of studies religious instruction in brigham young university pprroovvoe utah partial in fulfillment of the requirement for the degree arts master of by marius ccchhhrrriilssstteennsseenn A march 1966 acknowledgments appreciation for helping to this with sincere make work possible the writer acknowledges the following pr committeeppprrrooofffeessssoorrss his advisory ccooimnmmiitttteeee ess eeorrrass richard 0 cowan and james clark of the graduate faculty of the brigham young university R whose assistance in directing the writing of this project was invaluable brigham young university library pppprrrroooovuvuooee utah and the hhiissttoorriiaannss office of the church of jesus christ of llaatttteerrddaayy saints salt city lake utah ray mr and mrs hall for able assistance in eeedddiidittii itig the ginftiiiggg this manuscript of work scott typing mmmcrrsss kaye for assistance in ttyypdiinnggss press brigham young university for printing the ffiinnaali manuscript his wife hanne for her encouragement support and helpful little suggestions throughout the whole project and also two daughters lene marie and linda lee for all of ttthhheeeiilrr little distractions iii TABLE OF CONTENTS page iii acknowledgments 0 0 4 0 0o- o 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 O0 s 0 0 illustrations vii LIST OF ix LIST OF CHARTS AND MAPS x PREFACE 0 0 chapter christianity historical I 1 REVIEW OF IN DENMARK 1 christianity introduction of in denmark religion freedom of comes to denmark II 11 THE OPENING OF THE DANISH MISSION 9 0 latterday early latter day saint beginning activity foreign missionary first the danish contact with the mormon church call to the denmark arrival in dddeeenrrmmmaaacrrkkk baptist meeting with a minister american minister unsuccessful mission to sweden first meetings held in denmark first baptisms and confirmations first organization of the branch gospel opens aalborg the door in year one in denmark ili III 111 OPPOSING FORCES MEET 39 opposition from the danish civil authorities opposition the danish clergy from press opposition the from aattrtiitt attitude seen changing ude is A literature translation IV AND ITS 55 0 0 the book of mormon iv latterday latter saint day hymn book stjerne sskcaannddiinnaavviiaannss doctrine and covenants publications other V GROWTH DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS 67 areas of labor missionaries converts auxiliaries mission sunday school mens ass young mutual improvement ass young womens mutual improvement primary effects of wars on the mission utah war danishany prussianaustrian Ddddaaaannnnliiissshhhaaannnddd prussian austrian war world war I 1 creation of new missions 1905 1920 VI MIGRATION TO ZZIIOOMN 99 spirit the of gathering oOrrggaanniizzseeeddd migration begins influences migration on great sssaaaccarrriiifffices ices effects of migration the mission on church discouragement of migration VII FIELDS OF LABOR 123 NMEEWW iceland missionaries to iceland migration to utah monument A what of the future faeroe iIsslands lands missionaries to the faeroe islands first baptisms first conference VIII CHURCH PROPERTY 137 early halls meeting headquarters church first cchhuurrcchhoowwnneedd mission rome hhhooomrmmmeee v aalborg ccchhhaaapppaaelil new chapel in copenhagen II IX THE WWOORRLLDDWWAARR 11 YEARS 154 recalled missionaries german effects of the occupation danish mission moves on war II world ends 11 II X MISSION SINCE WORLD WAR 11 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 reopening of the danish mission return missionaries spirit of emigration revived postwar pos t hwaarrr growth post wa year an eventful spencer kimball W tabernacle choir temple dddeeedddiiicccaaantttion iloonn microfilming church in denmark XI contributions AND DESTINY OF THE DANISH MmMIIlSSs Scc3lIiOiooNnn 186 contributions anthon lund HEL fjeldsted christian danial jens andrew on destiny of the danish mission appendixes 195 6 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 tl 10 0 0 df O0 lb 0 year one in scandinavia by snow A E petition fifty signed by ekiigghhtt hundred saints and B sent to the rrriiigggsssdbdaaayyy converts excpiomunication migration missionary eexxcc9ommmmuunniiccaattiioonn C year by list presidents presided over of the have the who D scandinavian and danish missions bibliography 215 0 0 vi illustrations LIST OF plate page jelling stone I 3 1 first II meeting of the danish national assembly 11 7 ii eerraassttuuss snow 2299 a 0 0 0 0 0 a4pp john erik forsgren 21 IV george v P dykes 22 peter vi olsen hansen 23 first vil headquarters of the church in VII denmark 24 denmark vill picture VIII of oddurreeesssuuunnnddd 31 1 a4bb 1 lille kangensgade no ix ko 85 35 x baptism at nmiigghhtt 42 xi headstone of the only martyr to mormonism in denmark 43 julius xii author and madsen 54 xiii title first page of the book of mormon in denmark 60 title first xiv page of the doctrine and covenants in denmark 64 xv mormonpraedikenter tf 75 illliilil sea xvi of the monarch illliilli xvii manhattan ghthouse xviii llifghthouse ghthouse monument 132 vii hall ccChhhrrriisissftctiiiaaannnssshhhaaavvvnnn meeting 140 XIX office mission from 1188557711990022 145 XX gade XXI kkkKKooooorrrrrsssaaggggaaaaddddeeene nwoo 11 149 aalborg chapel XXII 149 chapel XXIII copenhagen and mission home 152 chapel odense 152 XXIV IW a1ww 0.0 0 0 16 40 plaque of joseph smith 164 XXV viii LLIISSTTOF and OF CHARTS AHD MAPS charts page I missionaries 79 1 II converts 11 83 0 illiii III 111 excommunications 84 migration IV 85 membership 118 V maps xii I denmark 1 0 activity II missionary 185054 11 1850 54 72 ili III scandinavian mission 111 95 iceland IV 122 0 0 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 th 0 6 0 0 0 10 9 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 4 0 halls church meeting 174 V ix PREFACE it would be difficult to write anything of the history of the church without duplicating some of the same material already covered by the late assistant church hhiissttoorriilaaannn andrew jenson spent thirty of his ninety mortal years gathering arranging who and compiling historical material pertaining to tthhe restored church ttthhhieisssiiisss especially true of material pertaining to the scandinavian mission his history of the ssccaannddddoiiinnnnaaaaeavvvvvviiilliaaaaaannnnnn mission however is cited mited lliitmited to a chronology covering the period from 1188550011992277 others 131 have written short accounts of certain phases of mormonism in denmark but a general history of the church in ddeenmmaarrkk has never been written 1 inasmuch as the danish saints make up a significant part writtenhhiissttoorryy of the church a written of the church wwaooouuua1lddd not be complete without including the history of the church in Dddeeennnunmmarrkk marize the purpose of this work is to ssuummarize the history of the danish mission from its beginning in 1850 to 1963 and to give an account of the proselyting activities of the missionaries and the effects of their message on the growth and development of the mission and the church as a whole all careful study of available material was made known A ithe jesus the term saints refers to members of the church of latterday it christ of lleatttteerr day saints because is hoped that by following the principles taught by the church they might become saints or holy people j x