ELDERS OF THE CHRISTIANIA OONFERENCE, May, 1909. Top Row-Archibald Christensen, Orson F. Christensen, Henry Danielsen, Oscar D. Jensen, Joseph C. Christensen, Holger M. Larsen, Henry sen, Wilford A. Jorgensen, Charles O. Peterson, James M Jensen, Henry O. Hansen Third Row-Ole Gulbransen, Leo M. Greenhalgh, Soren 664 were baptized in Scandinavia, and 45 missionaries arrived from Zion. In the latter part of 1888, Chr. D. Fjeldsted succeeded Nils C. Flygare as president of the mission. During the year, 664 persons were baptized and 20 elders arrived from Zion. In 1889, 572 were added to the Church in Scandinavia and 43 elders arrived from Zion to assist in the ministry. In 1890, two elders from Zion laboring as missionaries in Scandinavia died. The one, (Andrew K. Andersen of Ephraim, Utah) died in Aalborg, Denmark, January 5, 1890, and the other (John A. Quist, of Big Cottonwood, Utah,) died in Wingaker, Sweden, March 13, 1890. In September of that year Elder Edward H. Anderson succeeded Chr. D. Fjeldsted as president of the mission. During the year 557 were baptized and 34 elders from Zion arrived. In 1891, 576 were added to the Church in Scandinavia and 58 missionaries arrived from Zion. In September, 1892, Joseph Christiansen succeeded Edward H. Anderson as president of the mission. During the year 464 were baptized and 56 missionaries arrived. In May, 1893, Elder Carl A. Carlquist succeeded Joseph Christiansen as president of the mission. Elder Pehr A. Bjorklund, of Provo, Utah, died August 28, 1893, at Helsinborg, Sweden, where he labored as a missionary. During that year 395 were baptized and 45 elders arrived from Zion. In April, 1894, Peter Sundvall succeeded Carl A. Carlquist as president of the mission. Apostle Anthon H. Lund, president of the European Mission, visited Scandinavia. During the year 437 souls were added to the Church by baptism and 65 new missionaries a rived from Zion. In 1895, 50 elders arrived from Zion and 424 baptisms took place in the mission. Elder Christian N. Lund succeeded Peter Sundvall as president of the mission in July, 1896. Elder Anders Bjorkman, of Salt Lake City, Utah, died August 19, 1896, in Sweden where he labored as a missionary. In the latter part of the year, Elder Andrew Jenson, on his special mission around the world, visited the various conferences in Scandinavia, gathering material for the history of the mission. During the year, 50 elders arrived from Zion and 496 members were added to the Church by baptism. In 1897, 70 elders arrived in Scandinavia from Zion and 502 baptisms took place. The year 1898 proved fatal for three of the missionaries from Zion; Joseph H. Jenson of Union, Utah, died in Gothenborg, Sweden, March 5, 1908; Ole C. Jensen, of Mayfield, Utah, died at Randers, Denmark, May 30, 1898, and Albert Petterson, of Murray, Utah, died in Upsala, Sweden, December 30, 1898. In May, 1898, Geo. Christensen succeeded Christian N. Lund as president of the mission; 5 months later Andreas Peterson succeeded to the presidency. During the year, 93 elders arrived in Scandinavia and 590 souls were baptized. In 1899 Norway, which hitherto had constituted one conference was divided into three, namely Christiania, Bergen and Trond hjem. During the year 90 missionaries arrived from Zion and 433 were baptized; 2 elders from Zion were banished from Bornholm, Denmark, for preaching. In 1900, 99 elders arrived from Zion, and 471 souls were added to the Church by baptism; one elder (Henry W. Berg of Provo) died in Norway, February 21, 1909. At the close of the century (December 31, 1900) the Scandinavian Mission consisted of 9 conferences (3 in Denmark, 3 in Sweden and 3 in Norway) or 60 branches; there were 165 elders from Zion laboring in the mission. The local membership consisted of 268 elders, 163 priests, 143 teachers, 71 deacons, 3,890 lay members, and 1,018 children under 8 years of age, making a total of 5,553 souls. In 1901, Bishop Anthon L. Skanchy succeeded Andreas Peterson as president of the Scandinavian Mission; 60 missionaries arrived from Zion; 434 baptisms took place in the mission. Elder Christian W. Christoffersen, of Richmond, Utah, died in Silkeborg, Denmark, August 23, 1901. In 1902, the new mission house in Copenhagen (Korsgade 11) was built, and the mission headquarters moved from St. Paulsgade 14, (where it had been since 1859) to the new building which was dedicated by Apostle Francis M. Lyman, July 4, 1902. A new edition (the 4th) of the Book of Mormon in Danish, was pub lished in Copenhagen, Denmark. During the year 592 were baptized and 88 missionaries arrived. In 1903, a new conference house was built in Christiania, Norway, on the site of the old one (Osterhaugsgade 27) which had been taken down. The new building, a fine three-story structure, was dedicated by President Francis M. Lyman, July 24, 1903. During that year 108 missionaries from Zion arrived in Scandinavia and 478 souls were baptized. In 1904, a building which the Church had purchased in Aarhus, Denmark, and remodeled as a meeting and conference house, was dedicated March 12, 1904, by Elder Chr. D. Fjeldsted. In October a mission house which had been purchased by the Church, and reconstructed as a meetinghouse and missionary dwelling, was dedicated in Stockholm, Sweden, October 22, 1904, Apostle Heber J. Grant offering the dedicatory prayer. In December, 1904, Elder Chr. D. Fjeldsted succeeded Anthon L. Skanchy as president of ELDERS OF THE TRONDHJEM CONFERENCE, MAY, 1909. Sitting-Geo. W. Christophersen, Pres. Soren Andersen, Pres. Andrew Jenson, Enoch Christoffersen, Rolf C. Wold. Standing-Karl J. Knudsen, Oliver M. Munk, Willard E. Stephensen, Heber J. Hansen, Hans C. Johnsen, David Christianson. the mission. During the year 396 souls were baptized and 96 missionaries arrived from Zion. In July, 1905, Sweden was detached from the Scandinavian Mission and made a distinct mission, with Peter Matson as president, while Jens M. Christensen succeeded Chr. D. Fjeldsted as president of the Scandinavian Mission, which was now confined to Denmark and Norway, and consisted of 35 branches grouped into 6 conferences (3 in Denmark and 3 in Norway). Elder Wilford A. Knudsen, of Provo, Utah, died in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 3, 1905. During the year 305 persons were baptized in Denmark and Norway, and 89 missionaries arrived from Utah. Elder Niels Evensen, president of the Trondhjem conference was in 1906 sentenced to pay a fine of 500 kroner or be imprisoned 45 days in Trondhjem, Norway, for baptizing; he appealed his case to a higher court, which reversed the sentence and set Elder Evensen free, on the ground that the "Mormons," not being Christians, could could not be punished for performing rices pertaining to their religion. Sister Julia A. Berg, of Tilden, Idaho, and wife of Hosea Berg who, like herself, labored as a missionary in Norway, died Nov. 21, 1906, in Christiania. During that year 79 elders arrived in the mission from Zion, and 254 persons were baptized. A conference house which had been erected by the Church in Aalborg was dedicated July 7, 1907, Apostle Charles W. Penrose offering the dedicatory prayer. In the latter part of the year Elder Soren Rasmussen succeeded Jens M. Christensen as president of the mission During the year 259 persons were added to the Church in Denmark and Norway and 84 missionaries from Zion arrived. In 1908, 232 souls were baptized in Denmark and Norway and 69 elders from Zion arrived to labor in the mission. Elder Charles Martensen, of Koosharem, Utah, died January 12. 1909, in Stavanger, Norway, where he labored as a missionary. In February, 1909, Elder Andrew Jenson succeeded Soren Rasmussen as president of the Scandinavian Mission, and in March, April and May last, the usual semi-annual conferences were held as follows: In Copenhagen, March 27 and 28; Aarhus. April 3 and 4; Aalborg, April 10 and 11; Bergen, April 24 and 25; Trondhjem, May |