![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/Pioneer Photos/Pioneers J/390x520/Jenson_Andrew KWCK-M5V.jpg)
Andrew Jenson
Born in Torslev, Hjørring, Denmark
1850 December 11
Date Details
Occurred On 1850 December 11
Baptized by Carl W. J. Hecker
1859 February 2 (Age 8)
Traveled in Andrew H. Scott Company (1866)
1866 August 8 – October 8 (Age 15) Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1866 August 8
Joined Company
Ended On 1866 October 8
Company Arrived
Served in Scandinavian Mission
1873 May 4 – 1875 July 23 (Age 22) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Location Served
Aalborg Conference, Denmark
Date Details
Started On 1873 May 4
Set Apart
Ended On 1875 July 23
Arrived at Home
Served in Scandinavian Mission
1879 April 9 – 1881 September 25 (Age 28) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
44th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Date Details
Started On 1879 April 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1881 September 25
Arrived at Home
Served in Southern States Mission
1888 September 4 – October 15 (Age 37) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Date Details
Started On 1888 September 4
Set Apart
Ended On 1888 October 15
Arrived at Home
Served in Eastern States Mission
1893 August 24 – October 6 (Age 42) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1893 August 24
Set Apart
Ended On 1893 October 6
Arrived at Home
Served in Scandinavian Mission
1895 May 2 – 1897 June 4 (Age 44) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Foreign Mission
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Location Served
Denmark
Date Details
Started On 1895 May 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1897 June 4
Arrived at Home
Served in Scandinavian Mission
1902 May 13 – 1903 April 3 (Age 51) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Date Details
Started On 1902 May 13
Set Apart
Ended On 1903 April 3
Arrived at Home
Images
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/anthon-lorenzo skanchy-1839-fs-1.jpg)
Copenhagen, Scandinavian Mission
Served in British Mission
1904 August 26 (Age 53) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Date Details
Started On 1904 August 26
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Called as President to Danish-Norwegian Mission
1909 January 12 – 1912 July 19 (Age 58) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Date Details
Started On 1909 January 12
Set Apart
Ended On 1912 July 19
Arrived at Home
Images
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/andrew-martin-anderson-1889-fs-2.jpg)
Missionaries in Denmark, ca 1912
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/J/andrew-jenson-1850-fs-4.jpg)
Missionaries in Denmark
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/albert-alphonezo-capson-1862-fs-3.jpg)
Andrew Jenson (1850 - 1941), Danish (1909 - 1912)
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/joseph-samuel-pehrson-1888-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Photo
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/anton-peter-cramer-1854-fs-1.jpg)
1911-1912 Danish Missionaries
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/Trondhjem Conference Oct. 25, 1909.jpg)
Trondhjem Conference, October 1909
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/erastus-peter-rasmussen-1874-fs-5.jpg)
Mission Photo
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/PH 1700 2723_f0001_i0001_00001.jpg)
Presidents Jenson and Christophersen
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/carl-norman-skanchy-1884-fs-3.jpg)
Missionaries in the Trondhjem Conference, Oct 25, 1909
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/A/christian-andersen-1864-fs-4.jpg)
Mission Photo
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/alma-lind-peterson-1880-CH82229.jpg)
Aarhus Denmark Mission Presidency
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/N/william-douglas-norman-1882-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Photo
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/andrew-martin-anderson-1889-fs-1.jpg)
Danish-Norwegian missionaries, ca 1909-1911
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/J/andrew-jenson-1850-fs-5.jpg)
Andrew Jenson and Andrew Funk
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/J/peter-christian-jensen-1876-fs-5.jpg)
Mission Photo
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/jens-christian-bolander-1858-fs-2.png)
Aalborg Conference Danish Mission
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/niels-iverson-1848-fs-1.jpg)
Århus Domsogn, Århus, Århus, Denmark
Served in Eastern States Mission
1921 January 31 – June 18 (Age 70) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Date Details
Started On 1921 January 31
Set Apart
On 1921 February 1
Departed from Home
Ended On 1921 June 18
Arrived at Home
Images
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/eastern states/S West Virginia Conf 1921.jpg)
South West Virginia Conference, May 1921
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1941 November 18 (Age 90)
Media
![Andrew Jenson (1850 - 1941) Profile](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/Pioneer Photos/Pioneers J/1080x1440/Jenson_Andrew KWCK-M5V.jpg)
Andrew Jenson (1850 - 1941) Profile
![Gothenburg Conference, Circa 1909](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Swedish/peter-olofson-sundwall-1848-fs-02.jpg)
Gothenburg Conference, Circa 1909
![Copenhagen, Scandinavian Mission, 1902 September 20](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/anthon-lorenzo skanchy-1839-fs-1.jpg)
Copenhagen, Scandinavian Mission, 1902 September 20
![Missionaries in Denmark, ca 1912](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/andrew-martin-anderson-1889-fs-2.jpg)
Missionaries in Denmark, ca 1912
![Missionaries in Denmark](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/J/andrew-jenson-1850-fs-4.jpg)
Missionaries in Denmark
![Andrew Jenson (1850 - 1941), Danish (1909 - 1912)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/albert-alphonezo-capson-1862-fs-3.jpg)
Andrew Jenson (1850 - 1941), Danish (1909 - 1912)
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/joseph-samuel-pehrson-1888-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Photo
![1911-1912 Danish Missionaries](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/anton-peter-cramer-1854-fs-1.jpg)
1911-1912 Danish Missionaries
![Trondhjem Conference, October 1909](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/Trondhjem Conference Oct. 25, 1909.jpg)
Trondhjem Conference, October 1909
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/erastus-peter-rasmussen-1874-fs-5.jpg)
Mission Photo
![Presidents Jenson and Christophersen](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/PH 1700 2723_f0001_i0001_00001.jpg)
Presidents Jenson and Christophersen
![Missionaries in the Trondhjem Conference, Oct 25, 1909](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/carl-norman-skanchy-1884-fs-3.jpg)
Missionaries in the Trondhjem Conference, Oct 25, 1909
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/A/christian-andersen-1864-fs-4.jpg)
Mission Photo
![Aarhus Denmark Mission Presidency](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/alma-lind-peterson-1880-CH82229.jpg)
Aarhus Denmark Mission Presidency
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/N/william-douglas-norman-1882-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Photo
![Danish-Norwegian missionaries, ca 1909-1911](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/andrew-martin-anderson-1889-fs-1.jpg)
Danish-Norwegian missionaries, ca 1909-1911
![Andrew Jenson and Andrew Funk](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/J/andrew-jenson-1850-fs-5.jpg)
Andrew Jenson and Andrew Funk
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/J/peter-christian-jensen-1876-fs-5.jpg)
Mission Photo
![Aalborg Conference Danish Mission, 1912](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Danish-Norwegian/jens-christian-bolander-1858-fs-2.png)
Aalborg Conference Danish Mission, 1912
![Århus Domsogn, Århus, Århus, Denmark, 1910 September 6](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/niels-iverson-1848-fs-1.jpg)
Århus Domsogn, Århus, Århus, Denmark, 1910 September 6
![South West Virginia Conference, May 1921](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/eastern states/S West Virginia Conf 1921.jpg)
South West Virginia Conference, May 1921