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he Kingdom of Norway (Norwegian-Bokmål Kongeriket Norge; Norwegian-Nynorsk Kongeriket Noreg; Sámi Norgga gonagasriika) consists of 385'252km2 with
a population of 52 million inhabitants. In addition to the Norwegian mainland, the kingdom also includes Jan Mayen Island (near Greenland), and the Svalbard Archipelago (in the Arctic Sea).1 At the time of the restoration of the Church in 1830, Norway had exited from the union with the Kingdom of Denmark under the Treaty of Kiel 1814, and was realigned with the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway.2 The union with Sweden existed until dissolved by mutual recognition in 1905. During World War One (1914-1918), the British coerced neutral Norway into relinquishing much of their navy and merchant fleet for the war effort. During World War Two (1939-1945), Nazi Germany occupied Norway, using the Vemork Hydroelectric Plant to produce heavy water for the Nazi nuclear weapons program.
The Sámi people in the far north, have self-determination and influence over their traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act
1. Dependencies; Queen Maud Land, Peter I Island in the Antarctic; & Bouvet Island, South Atlantic. 2. Losing to the Kingdom of Denmark the provinces of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. 3. "Heavy water" is a moderator in the production of Plutonium-235 for an implosion nuclear bomb.
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2005.1 Oil and gas resources in the Norwegian Sea account for 25% of the Norwegian GDP; resulting in Norway having the largest sovereign wealth fund in the World - currently valued at over one trillion US dollars.
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1. The Finnmark Act (Finnmarksloven) transferred 95% (46'000km2) of the Finnmark county in Norway to the Finnmark Estate Agency. The Estate is managed by a board of directors, composed of three appointed by the Sami Parliament of Norway, and three by the Finnmark County Council.
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At the general conference in Salt Lake City on 06 October 1849, President Brigham Young called Elder Erastus Snow (1818-1888), of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Elder Peter Olsen Hansen (1818-1895) to serve missions to Scandinavia.1 Elder John Erik Forsgren (1816-1890) asked that he might also be called to his native Sweden. They were joined by Elder George Parker Dykes (1814- 1888), who was already a missionary in England, and these four men formally introduced the Church into Scandinavia.
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Elder Peter Olsen Hansen - being the first missionary - arrived at Copen- hagen on 11 May 1850 in advance of the Elder Erastus Snow. A month later, Erastus Snow, George Parker Dykes, and John Erik Forsgren arrived on the ship Victoria from Hull, England, and docked at Amaliehaven, Copenhagen on 14 June 1850.2 They were met by Peter Olsen Hansen who guided them through emigration and customs as their interpreter.
1. Garr & Cannon & Cowan, 2000, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p.284.
2. "Elders Snow, Fosgren, and Dykes joined him in Copenhagen on 14 June 1850, and officially opened the Scandinavian Mission" (Bruce A. Van Orden, 1996, Building Zion: The Latter-day Saints in Europe, p.54). See also Improvement Era, June 1950, v.53, p.475; Erastus Snow, 1851, One Year in Scandinavia, p.5..
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Scandinavia (Kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, & Sweden) on 14 June 1850 at a hotel room near the north pier of Nyhaven Dock, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Elder Hansen brought them to a hotel over a café on street to the north of Nyhaven docks.1 Here "the brethren thanked the Lord for bringing them safely to the land, and they dedicated themselves to the service of the Lord."
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1. Somewhere in one of the three parallel city blocks between Sankt Annæ Pl. & Nyhaven north pier. 2. "Apostel Snow havde taget med sig fra England Ældste George P. Dykes der tidligere havde arbejdet med en gruppe nordmænd han havde mødt i La Salle III., og havde lært sig en del af det norske sprog
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Elder Erastus Snow uttered the dedication prayer over the countries of Scandin- avia (the Kingdom of Denmark which included the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland; and the United Kingdoms of Sweden & Norway [since 1814]) at Copenhagen the day he landed there 14 June 1850.1 Elder Snow declared that the countries of Scandinavia were "as true and fertile fields of labor in the Lord's vineyard." The prayer offered in this hotel room near Nyhaven north pier is considered the location where Scandinavia was dedicated for the preaching of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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They prayed for the Lord to intervene, and assist them in acquiring more commodious accommodation, suitable to the spirit of their assignment. The following day, they relocated to lodging at Bredgade 196, Copenhagen.3
som kom ham til gode senere. De gjorde holdt i Hull, hvor de mødtes med Ældste John E. Forsgren og den 11. Juni 1850 kunne de tre Ældster gå ombord på båden "Victoria" der bragte dem til Danmarks hovedstad København den 14 Juni kl. 10:00 om formiddagen. Uden besvær i tolden med deres baggage blev de modtaget af Ældste Peter O. Hansen der virkede som deres oversætter, og han bragte dem til et nærliggende hotelværelse over en café, hvor brødrene takkede Herren for at have bragt dem sikkert til landet og de indviede sig der til tjeneste for Herren" (Jens Kristoffersen, "Genoprettelsen," Kristus.dk @ http://www.kristus.dk/jkk/text.php?id=21102
1. Garr & Cannon & Cowan, 2000, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p.284.
2. The Improvement Era, June 1950, p.475; quoted in Marius Aldrid Christensen, 1966, History of the Danish Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1850-1964, Thesis 4595, p.19; BYU Scholars Archive, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah @ https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4595
3. "Og næste dag da de tidligt var ude for at finde et sted at være, glædede det dem at erfare at Apostel Snows bønner var blevet besvaret, for de mødte på Bredgade 196, (dengang kaldet Norgesgade), en Hr. Lauritz B. Malling og de blev anvist et værelse oppe i ejendommen hvor de havde en dejlig udsigt til en smuk baggårdshave. De flyttede omgående, og fik et godt forhold til familien" (Jens Kristoffersen, "Genoprettelsen," Kristus.dk @ http://www.kristus.dk/jkk/text.php?id=21102
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2nd Dedication of Norway
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on 04 November 1979 at Oslo meetinghouse, Hekkveien 9, Oslo 0571, Norway
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Elder Bruce R McConkie dedicated the Kingdom of Norway in the Church meetinghouse at Hekkveien 9, Oslo, on 04 November 1979. Previously, Norway was included in the general dedication of all Scandinavia by Erastus Snow in 1850. The first native converts in Norway were master blacksmith John Olsen, and his assistant Peter Adamsen on 26 November 1851. The most prominent native Norwegian member in Church history is Elder John Andreas Widtsoe [Witzøe]
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(1872-1952), from a tiny island off the coast of Norway. He later served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1921-1952).
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The Scandinavian Mission was established by Elder Erastus Snow (1818- 1888) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on 14 June 1850 at Copenhagen, Denmark. This mission would serve the countries of Denmark, Norway, & Sweden. The following year, Elder Hans Frederik Petersen (1821-1882) a native of Denmark was preaching at Aalborg, became the first missionary to visit Norway on 4 September 1851. Elder Petersen sailed with Svend Larsen on his boat from Aalborg, Denmark to Larsen's homeport of Risør, Norway, across the Skagerrak Sea. Elder Petersen preached in Risør and other
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communities in this locality of Norway for over two weeks before sailing back to Aalborg on 20 September 1851 with captain Larsen. As with several countries, the first Nor- wegian convert to the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ was baptized outside of the country. Captain Svend Larsen (1816-1886) from Risør, Norway was baptized by Elder Petersen on 231 September 1851 at Aalborg, Denmark.2
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In October 1851, Elder Hans F Petersen accomp- anied by Elder Johan A Ahmanson returned again onboard captain Larsen's whailing ship to Risør, Norway. The follow- ing month, on 26 November 1851,3 Elder Petersen baptized John Olsen and Peter Adamsen at the small town of Risør, thus becoming the first convert baptisms in Norway.4 Shortly thereafter, at the first sacrament service in Norway on 07 December 1851 at Risør, the two converts Olsen and Adamsen were confirmed members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Risør. Likewise, that first Norwegian convert Norwegian Svend Larsen - baptized at Aalborg, Denmark became the first ordained elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood in Norway on 19 June 1852 at Risør. The following month, on 16 July 1852 the Risør Branch was organized. There were 309 people baptized in Norway from 1851-1854.
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1. There are conflicting dates for his baptism and confirmation. Histories give the baptism and confirmation date as 23 September 1851; however, FamilySearch has the ordinance dates of 07 September 1851 - that is before taking Elder Petersen from Aalborg, Denmark to Risør, Norway (See https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWV3-WW4). He emigrated to Utah in 1854, and returned to Norway 1865-1867 to serve a mission.
2. Norway: Church Chronology @ https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/global-histories/nor
way/no-chronology?lang=eng
3. Garr & Cannon & Cowan, 2000, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p.836; "Country information: Norway," LDS Church News, 29 January 2010 @ https://www.thechurchnews.com/2010/1/29/232290 02/country-information-norway#
4. "Country information: Norway," LDS Church News, 29 January 2010 @ https://www.thechurchne ws.com/2010/1/29/23229002/country-information-norway. I was unable to identify these two con- verts in Family Search. There are so many records with these common names that it is impossible to distinguish which is the correct ones. The expansion of the marina in the twentieth century has transformed the coastline at Risør, so it is no longer possible to identify where the baptism could have taken place in the bay.
5. A terrible fire engulfed the town of Risør in 1861. Only 85 houses and the Risør Church built in 1647 survived. Using this opportunity, the streets of Risør were reconfigured after the fire, eliminating alleys and making the streets wider as they appear today. During the late 1800s, over 100 sailing vessels and more than 1'000 sailors were based at their home port Risør. The advent of steamships eventually diminished the importance of Risør as a shipping town.
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Risør Harbor, Norway
"Although the Norwegian constitution granted religious liberties to non-Lutheran religions, Mormon missionaries and converts en- countered strong opposition, occasional acts of mob violence, and numerous legal challenges. On 04 November 1853, the Norwegian Su- preme Court ruled that Mormonism was a non-Christian faith and, therefore, did not enjoy protection under an 1845 statute called the Dissenter Law which protected minority Christian religions from prose- cution. For many years this decision hampered the work in Norway. Even so,
7'907 Norwegians joined the Church in the period of 1851 to 1919, with 3'292 of that number immigrating to the United States. Elder John A Widtsoe, who served in the Quorum of the Twelve from 1921-1952, was born in Norway and was among the Norwegian converts during this period."1
1. "Country information: Norway," LDS Church News, 29 January 2010 @ https://www.thechurch
news.com/2010/1/29/23229002/country-information-norway#
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1 Church-built Meetinghouse in Norway
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Address Osterhaus' Gade 27, 0183 Oslo, Norway Ownership TAG Arkitekter
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"The first Church-owned meetinghouse and mission office was built in Oslo by members in 1871. It was torn down and rebuilt in 1903." When reconstructed in 1903, the meetinghouse was dedicated by Francis M Lyman of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles before he continued on through Sweden to dedicate Finland, and the Russian Empire at St Petersburg and Moscow.
1. "Country information: Norway," LDS Church News, 29 January 2010 @ https://www.thechurch
news.com/2010/1/29/23229002/country-information-norway#
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THE CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY, CONFERENCE HOUSE-27 OSTERHAUSGADE,
This photograph of the new constructed mission home/office, meeting- house, and missionary accommodation apartments appeared on the front page of the Millennial Star newspaper on 05 April 1906.1 The building is identified as the Christiania Conference House in the article.2
1. Millennial Star, v.68, #14, p.209, 05 April 1906.
2. A city was founded at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and as capital of Norway under King Haakon V-1300. When the city was destroyed by fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honor of the king. The city functioned as the capital of Norway during the 1814-1905 union between Sweden and Norway. From 1877, the city's name was spelled Kristiania in government usage, a spelling that was adopted by the municipal authorities in 1897. In 1925, after incorporating the village retaining its former name, was renamed Oslo. In 1948 Oslo merged with Aker, a municipality which surrounded the capital and was 27 times larger, thus creating the much larger Oslo municipality.
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"This house is of more than unusual interest, as it is the building of its kind which the Church owned in the European mission, and for many years the only one.
"The first building was erected in 1870-1871. It was a three story structure, containing basement rooms, apartments to let on the first and second floors, and a large and commodious hall for meeting purposes on the third. There were also living rooms for the elders on this floor. The building served the large and prosperous Christiania branch for about thirty years, when because of the sinking of some of the walls, it was thought best to tear it down and erect a new building. This new structure was dedicated on the 24th of July, 1903, by President Francis M Lyman. At the services there were about one hundred and forty-five elders from various parts of the European mission, and a most glorious time was had. Our cut represents this new building.
"When the first building was erected, Christiania had a popul- ation of about 80'000. From that date the city has grown until today there are 875'000 inhabitants. The conference house, therefore, now occupies a fine, central location. There are no cafes or liquor shops near, while across the street are large public school buildings, so that the surroundings have not, in the growth of the city, become unsuited to the maintenance of a Church building.
"The hall for public meetings occupies the entire top floor of the main building. The room has a seating capacity of five hundred and seventy, including the gallery. It is well lighted, neatly finished, and very comfortable. The first and second floors contain rooms which are let to renters. There is a wing in the yard at the rear which con- tains office and missionaries' lodging rooms. The third floor of the wing is used as a sort of 'Mutual Improvement Annex,' consisting of a smaller room where Mutual Improvement meetings, Sunday school classes, and all other small gatherings are held. Here also are the libraries of the Young Mens' and Young Ladies' 'Mutual,' as also that of the Sunday school. In the basement of the wing is a neat, con- veniently arranged baptismal room, containing a font for baptizing, where this ordinance may be attended to in seclusion and proper spirit.
"We are informed by President Gilbert Torgersen, to whom we are indebted for most of the data in this article, that at present the large hall is filled every Sunday evening. The Sunday school meets in the morning. There is an enrollment of two hundred, with an average
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attendance of one hundred and thirty. The branch has a Relief Society with forty-four members, and a Mutual Improvement association with one hundred and forty members. A choir of sixty well-trained voices furnishes the singing, which is a delightful feature of the devotional exercises, and is highly spoken of by all who have visited the meetings.
"From all this we can see that the work of the Lord is prospering exceedingly in this land of the north. Many thousands of Norsemen have heeded the Gospel message, and have been gathered to Zion and we believe there are yet many of the House of Israel in Norway who will receive the Gospel."1
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This aerial view of the facility shows the north and south annex buildings on the rear yard which are hidden from the street view. Construction of such an extensive building by European Church members in 1903 is a remarkable achieve- ment - specifically nor the Norwegian saints. The building was very well located; only a 500m from the train station, and 1'000m from the dock where early saints emigrated to America. No information is available on when the building was sold or why. We may conjecture that an emigration exodus of Norwegian members to America eliminated the sustainability of this thriving congregation.
1. Millennial Star, v.68, #14, p.210, 05 April 1906.
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John A Witzøe Statue, Frøya Island
Address Frøya Cultural & Education Center, Nordfrøyveien 411, N-7260
Sistranda, Frøya Island, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Ownership Frøya Cultural & Education Center
Location N 63° 43' 51.22" & E 8° 49' 49.81"
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John Andreas Witzøe (Widtsoe) was born 31 January 1872 at the Daløya hamlet on Frøya Island in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He graduated from Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah; thereafter, attending Harvard University, and graduating with honors in 1894. Later, in 1898, he was ordained a Seventy, with the assignment to engage in missionary work in association with his studies in Europe. He entered the University of Göttingen, Germany, graduating with AM
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and PhD degrees in 1899. Thereafter, he lived for a time in Switzerland, before returning to Utah.
In August 1900, he became director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Utah State Agricultural College. In association with Lewis Merrill and Edward Taylor, he founded The Deseret Farmer magazine. Thereafter, he was a professor of biology and agriculture at Brigham Young University (BYU). Returning to Logan, he became president of Utah State Agricultural College (1907-1916). Following
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this, he became president of the University of Utah (1916- John Andreas Witzøe
1921).
John Widtsoe was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1921- also becoming Commissioner of Church Education (1921-1924 & 1934-1936). During this time, he also taught a religion class at the University of Southern California. Likewise, he lived for two years in Washington DC in the 1920s, where he supervised the reorganization of the Federal Bureau of Reclamation. Widtsoe published many books - on theology, history, and agriculture. Elder Widtsoe died on 29 November 1952 at the age of 80
years.
John A Widtsoe: "There is a spiritual meaning of all human acts and earthly events... It is the business of man to find the spiritual meaning of earthly things... No man is quite so happy... as he who backs all his labors by such a spiritual interpretation and understanding of the acts of his life."1
Memorial Statue: Descendants of John A Widtsoe gathered at the bronze monument to their ancestor at Alpine, Utah on 10 April 2017. Thereafter, the monu- ment was shipped to Frøya Island in Norway, where it was installed on 17 June 2017 at the Frøya Cultural and Educational Center.
In April 2015, the Historical Society of Frøya, Norway began discussions with Arne Dahlø, a member of the LDS Church and
1. John A. Widtsoe, Conference Report, April 1922, pp.96-97.
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custodian of a memorial plaque marking the birthplace of John A Widtsoe. Guttorm Reppe represented the Historical Society in initial conversations with Dahlø. "They were truly looking for a man who could serve as an academic hero, someone tied to Frøya" and rallied around a statue commemorating Widtsoe. The educational center pointed out, that they have many academic visitors throughout the year, however, none of them were native to the island except John Andreas Widtsoe [Witzøe]. The statue was installed on 17 June 2017 at the Frøya Cultural & Education Center, Sistranda with Europe Area President Paul V Johnson representing the Church.
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The original house no-longer exists at the location, only the foundation remains1 Address Daløya, Frøya Island, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway Ownership Building no longer existing on private land
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1. Due to property development in 2000, the memorial marker was removed, and stored in the barn of the current land-owner. He is willing to assist in having it reinstated. The stone and memorial marker are well preserved, awaiting further action to reinstall.
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John Andreas Widtsoe [Witzø] was born in the Daløya hamlet on Frøya Island in Sør-Trøndelag, the United Kingdoms of Sweden & Norway on 31 January 1872. At birth, his hand was attached to the side of his head, which was surgically corrected. When Widtsoe was two, his family moved to the Norwegian mainland city of Namsos. His father, also named John, died in February 1878 - leaving his widowed mother Anna with two young sons (John and Osborne). The family relocated to Trondheim, where they were introduced to the LDS Church by a shoemaker. "Speaking to her with some hesitation as she was leaving his shop, he said, 'You may be surprised to hear me say that I can give you something of more value than soles for your child's shoes.' She responded, 'What can you, a shoemaker, give me better than soles for my son's shoes?' He answered, 'If you will but listen, I can teach you the Lord's True Plan of Salvation for His children. I can teach you how to find happiness in this life and to prepare for eternal joy in the life to come. I can tell you whence you came, why you are upon the Earth, and where you will go after death. I can teach you as you have never known it before, the love of God for his children on Earth."2
In 1883, all three emigrated to the United States - arriving in Utah Territory in mid-November 1883. John Widtsoe was baptized a member of the LDS Church the following April. Widtsoe graduated from Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah; thereafter, attending Harvard University, and graduating with honors in 1894. In 1898, he was ordained a Seventy, with the assignment to engage in missionary work in association with his studies in Europe. He entered the University of Göttingen, Germany, graduating with AM and PhD degrees in 1899. Thereafter, he lived for a time in Switzerland, before returning to Utah.
In August 1900, he became director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University). In association with Lewis Merrill and Edward Taylor, he founded The Deseret Farmer magazine. Thereafter, he was a professor of biology and agriculture at Brigham Young University (BYU). Returning to Logan, he became president of Utah State Agricultural College 1907-1916. Following this, he became president of the University of Utah (1916-1921).
1. The United Kingdoms of Sweden & Norway which union existed from 1814 until its amicable disso-
lution in 1905. Thereafter, the Kingdom of Norway became an independent sovereign state.
2. W. Grant Bangerter, Conference Report, April 1985, p.78; quoting John A. Widtsoe, 1943 In the Gospel Net: The Story of Anna Karine Gaarden Widtsoe, pp. 54-55. Compare also N. Eldon Tanner, Conference Report, October 1979, pp.73-74; Improvement Era, 1942, pp.47, 53-57.
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John Widtsoe was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1921- also becoming Commissioner of Church Education (1921-1924 & 1934–1936). During this time, he also taught a religion class at the University of Southern California. During this time, he worked for the Federal Government on the Hoover Commission managing the water resource of the Colorado River.1 Likewise, he lived for two years in Washington DC in the 1920s, where he supervised the reorganization of the Federal Bureau of Reclamation. During 1935-1952 Widtsoe was associate editor of the Improvement Era magazine, orienting it from a magazine primarily for the youth to the voice of the whole Church. Incidentally, one of the magazine employees was Hugh Nibley, whom Widtsoe convinced to
Dr. John A. Widtsoe
Fedt på Frøya 31,1,1872. Emigrerte i USA 1883
Utdannet som biokjemiker på Harvard og Gingen Verdenskjent forsker innen produksjon av mat på terr jord Reformater og motivater i skoleverket
Dede i Salt Lake City 28.11.1952
DEN STØRSTE SKATT DU KAN EIE, ER EN GOD UTDANNELSE
1. Garr & Cannon & Cowan, 2000, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p.1343.
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become a professor at BYU. During his lifetime, John Widtsoe published many books - on theology, history, and agriculture.
Memorial text: "Dr. John A. Widtsoe. Born on Frøya, 31 January 1872. Emigrated to USA in 1883. Educated as Biochemist at Harvard and Göttingen. World renown researcher of food production on dry soil. Reformer and motivator within the educating. Died in Salt Lake City 28 of November 1952. 'The greatest treasure you can own is a good education.' (Unable to read the last line)."
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers: The Norwegian Mission, Drammen
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THE NORWEGIAN MISSION
HOSTEN 1851 ANKOM ELDSTE HANS F PETERSEN TIL NORGE MED INSTRUKSJONER OM A APNE EN MISJON FOR JESU KRISTI KIRKE AV SISTE DAGERS HELLIGE DE FØRSTE SOM BLE DØPT I NORGE VAR PETER ADAMSEN OG JOHN OLSEN I ØSTERRISCER HVOR HANS PETER JENSEN OG SVEND LARSEN ORGANISERTE DEN FØRSTE GREN MED JOHN OIL SEN SOM CHENSPRESIDENT. DE FØRSTE MEDLEMMER AV KIRKEN SOM EMIGRERTE TIL UTAH, TORLOT YORCE I DESEMBER 1853 OG ANKOM TIL THE GREAT SALT LAKE VALLEY SEPTEMBER 1654.
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Address Effing Holst Gate 15, Drammen 3022, Buskerud, Norway Ownership LDS Church meetinghouse (501-5782)
Location N 59° 45' 7.67" & E 10° 9' 41.47"
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Until the Treaty of Kiel 1814, Norway was assimilated into the Kingdom of Denmark. From 1814 until 1905, Norway was a con- stituent of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. The union with Sweden was mutually dissolved in 1905 and the independent Kingdom of Norway that we know today was established.
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The Scandinavian Mission was established in 1850 by Elder Erastus Snow at Copenhagen. Elder Snow was accompanied by George P Dykes, Peter Ole Hansen, and John Erik Forsgren. "On 3 September 1851, Elder Erastus Snow wrote the following in his journal: "The following week while I was at Brother H. P. Jenses, in Norre Limboy, a Mr. Svend Larsen from Norway, master of a vessel came in search of my saying that he had heard of me and my religion and had to enquire for himself. For several hours I taught him things of the Kingdom and the dispensation of the Gospel which we had received, and he received my testimony with joy and as his vessel was appointed to sail for Norway next day, I called and set apart Elder HJ Petersen to accompany him home and preach the Gospel in Norway. They sailed together next day well supplied with [copies of the] Book of Mormon and tracts, and Bro[ther] O C Nielsen quietly baptized him (Mr. Larsen) as the first fruits of Norway."1 Captain Sven Larsen took Elder Petersen on his ship, and they docked at Osterrisor [i.e. east Risør2], Norway on 11 September 1851.3
The first converts baptized in the Kingdom of Norway were Peter Adamsen and John Olsen who were baptized 26 November 1851. Unfortunately, no details were recorded so as to identify the location where these first convert baptisms took place on the coast at Risør. The first branch of the Church was organized at Risør on 16 July 1852. Peter Adamsen and John Olsen were among the first group of 235 Norwegian converts to emigrate to Utah; they sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark on 22 December 1853.
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In 1905, the mission was renamed the Danish-Norwegian Mission. A mission sub-office was established at Christiania - now Oslo since 1925 - the same year. The Church expanded slowly throughout Norway due to the extensive emigration to Utah of converts. However, the most northerly branch of the Church in the World was established at Narvik in 1903. Eventually, the Danish- Norwegian Mission divided on 01 April 1920, creating the separate Danish Mission and the Norwegian Mission.
1. Erastus Snow Journal, quoted in Curtis B Hunsaker, 1965, History of the Norwegian Mission from 1851 to 1960, p.21; Thesis 4813, BYU Scholars Archive, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah @ https:// scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4813
2. Risør is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway, is located along the Skaggerak coast in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The town of Risør is a consolidation of several communities: Akland, Bossvika, Fie, Hødnebø, Krabbesund, Moen, Nipe, Røysland, Sandnes, Sivik, Søndeled, & Stamsø.
3. Jensen, History of the Scandinavian Mission, p.33; quoted in Curtis B. Hunsaker, 1965, History of the
Norwegian Mission from 1851 to 1960, p.21.
4. Curtis B Hunsaker, 1965, History of the Norwegian Mission from 1851 to 1960, p.22.
5. Curtis B Hunsaker, 1965, History of the Norwegian Mission from 1851 to 1960, p.58.
6. Curtis B Hunsaker, 1965, History of the Norwegian Mission from 1851 to 1960, p.45.
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As no Norwegian translation of The Book of Mormon was available until 1950, missionaries and members in Norway used the Danish language translation from 1850. The Norwegian monthly publication Lys over Norge, of 1 July 1950, included the following announcement: "The Book of Mormon is off the press for the first time translated into Norwegian. Ever since the Book of Mormon was translated and published in Copenhagen in 1851, the Norwegian mission has used the Danish edition. It was translated by Sister Lex Novik Frende. It was a real jubilee gift to the Norwegian Saints." The Doctrine and Covenants was published in Norwegian in 1954, and the Pearl of Great Price followed in 1955.
After World War Two (1939-1945), the mission reopened again in Norway. However, the Church was still prohibited from acquiring property under the Christian Decenter Law and usually could only rent facilities in the poor quarter of cities. It was not until 6 November 1957 when the Norwegian Mission could finally relocate to a recently purchased building in an upper-class part of the city at Drammensvein 96, Oslo.2
Monument Text: "Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Nr.359. The Norwegian Mission. Høsten 1851 ankom Eldste Hans F. Petersen til Norge med instruksjoner om å åpen en Misjon for Jesu Kristi Kirke av Siste Dagers Hellige. De første som ble døpt I Norge var Peter Adamsen og John Olsen I Østerrisøer hvor Hans Peter Jensen og Svend Larsen organiserte den første Dren med John Olsen som Grenspresident. De første medlemmer av Kirken som emigrerte til Utah. Forlot Norge I December 1853 og ankim til the Great Salt Lake Valley I September 1854."
1. Norwegian Mission History 1946--1961, quoted in Curtis B. Hunsaker, 1965, History of the Norwegian
Mission from 1851 to 1960, p.33.
2. Curtis B. Hunsaker, 1965, History of the Norwegian Mission from 1851 to 1960, p.100.
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English Translation: "Daughter of Utah Pioneers. No.359. Erected 1969. The Norwegian Mission. In the autumn of 1851, Elder Hans F. Petersen arrived in Norway with the instructions to open a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The first to be baptized in Norway was Peter Adamsen and John Olsen in the eastern part of Risøer where Hans Petter Jensen and Svend Larsen organized the first branch with John Olsen as branch president. The first members of the Church who emigrated to Utah, left Norway in December 1853 and arrived in the Great Salt Lake valley in September 1854."
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Pioneer Handcart Statue, Ottestad
Address Ingrid Semmingsens Veg 10, 2312 Ottestad, Hedmark, Norway Ownership Ottestad Migrasjonsmuseet (Migration Museum)
Location N 60° 47' 17.76" & E 11° 7' 18.53"
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"The Handcart Pioneers statue, familiar to most Latter-day Saints and to millions of visitors to Temple Square in Salt Lake City, is now part of a permanent display in a national museum in Norway. The statue is a bronze replica of the original 1926 version (a heroic-size version was later placed on Temple Square), sculpted by Norwegian-born Latter-day Saint sculptor Torleif S Knaphus (1881-1965). It was donated by his descendants, who wanted to share with people in his native land one of his most acclaimed pieces." Photographed is Knut Djupedal, director of Norwegian Emigrant Museum. "The public unveiling of the statue took place 7
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June 2009 at the Norwegian Emigrant Museum1 in Ottestad, [Norway]." The statue is in a semi-circle clearing along the pathway between the main museum building and an 1897 Norwegian Lutheran Church.2 The statue is not in recognition specifically of Mormon Pioneers from Norway; it represents all Norwegian emigrants
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Torleif Soviren Knaphus Biography: LDS.org & Wikipedia
Torleif Soviren Knaphus (1881-1965) was born at Vats, Rogaland, Norway. While in Oslo, Knaphus converted to the Church in 1902, and eventually emigrated to Salt Lake City in 1906. The Daughters of the Utah Handcart Pioneers commissioned Knaphus in 1924 to produce a one-meter tall bronze-cast Pioneer Handcart monument. Knaphus was commissioned by the Church in 1938 to produce a life-sized bronze Pioneer Handcart Monument for Temple Square for the 100th anniversary of the Pioneers arrival in 1847. This statue remains an iconic representation of the Pioneer legacy of the Church today.
Torleif Knaphus is also renowned for his beautiful Angel Moroni Statue on the Hill Cumorah, near Palmyra, New York; the twelve oxen under the baptismal fonts in the Alberta Cardston Temple, Arizona Mesa Temple, and Idaho Falls Temple.
1. The museum chronicles the history of emigration, remigration and immigration. The open-air museum gives you a glimpse of life in a Norwegian pioneering community in the American Mid-West. The museum building houses exhibitions and a research library, among other things.
2. Allen P. Gerritsen, Knaphus Family Organization, "Handcart statue placed in Norway: Descendants
of sculptor donate replica of art piece to museum," Church News, 13 June 2009 @ https://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/57463/Handcart-statue-placed-in-Norway.html
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A Deseret News (6 June 1965) epitaph reads: "Our World of beauty is richer
for his having lived and worked among us.
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