The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden

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Swedish translation of the Book of Mormon

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) (Swedish: Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga), headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been in Sweden since 1850.[1][2]

History

Membership
YearMembers±%
2011 9,206—    
2012 9,404+2.2%
2013 9,463+0.6%
2014 9,538+0.8%
2015 9,541+0.0%
2016 9,630+0.9%
2017 9,701+0.7%
2018 9,716+0.2%
2019 9,649−0.7%
Source: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/sweden

The Book of Mormon was translated into Swedish in 1878.[3] As with many other Scandinavian converts, Swedish LDS were encouraged to emigrated to the US and build up "Zion" there; these included the ancestors of recent church president Thomas S. Monson, whose grandfather Nels Monson (born Torhamn) emigrated at the age of 16.[4] This depleted local numbers for a number of decades, until in the late twentieth century, this policy was discontinued, and a temple built within the country itself.

As of 2019 the LDS Church counts its number of members in Sweden to be just above 9,716, divided into 4 regional units with a total of 40 congregations.[5][verification needed] This is an increase in membership from 2014, which was 9,463.[6] The Church also maintains one temple in the country, the Stockholm Sweden Temple, in Västerhaninge.

The Swedish Rescue

Around 2010, a number of Swedish members of the LDS Church, including former Area Authority Hans Mattsson, began to doubt the veracity of the church.[7] General Authority Marlin K. Jensen and historian Richard E. Turley Jr. soon after conducted a fireside, an informal church meeting, at the Västerhaninge Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 28, 2010.[8][9] The audio was surreptitiously recorded and sparked much discussion and interest in the blogosphere.[10][11][12]

Sunday School in Olso ca 1902

Missions

  • Sweden Stockholm Mission: On June 15, 1905. the Swedish Mission was organized from the Scandinavian Mission, which was renamed the Danish-Norwegian Mission.[13][14] When established, the mission covered Sweden, Finland, Russia and northern Germany, with Petter Matson as mission president.[15]

Temples

 34 Stockholm Sweden Temple Closed for renovation 31,000 sq ft (2,880 m2) 4.47 acres (18,089 m2) 2–4 July 1985 Gordon B. Hinckley edit

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historia" (in Swedish). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ Inger Höglund. "Kyrkan i Sverige: Tillväxt, emigration och styrka" (in Swedish). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ Anderson, Kai A. (June 1997), "In His Own Language", Liahona: 29
  4. ^ "Nels Monson". Find A Grave.
  5. ^ "The Church's local webpage for Sweden". Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga. Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga. 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  6. ^ Höglund, Inger (December 2014). "The Church in Sweden". churchofjesuschrist.org. Ensign. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  7. ^ Goodstein, Laurie. "Some Mormons Search the Web and Find Doubt", The New York Times, 20 July 2013. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ "REMEMBERING THE SWEDISH RESCUE, FROM THOSE WHO ATTENDED", Mormon Stories, 25 September 2018. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  9. ^ "2010 Sweden Fireside held November 28, 2010 (Transcript)", FairMormon, 2010. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  10. ^ "A FairMormon Response to Questions Asked at 2010 Swedish Fireside (a.k.a. the "Swedish Rescue")", FairMormon, 2010. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  11. ^ http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/58443-apologetics-of-the-swedish-rescue/
  12. ^ http://www.mormonthink.com/glossary/swedish-rescue2.htm
  13. ^ "Swedish Mission", Church History: Missionary Database, 2020. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  14. ^ Johansson, Carl-Erik. "History of the Swedish Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", BYU Scholars Archive, August 1973. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  15. ^ Potter , Damion. "Swedish Mission centennial celebrated", Church News, 15 July 2005. Retrieved on 23 March 2020.

External links

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