Johan Erik Forsgren
View in FamilySearchBorn in Gefle, Sweden
1816 November 7
Mother
Anna Christina Eriksdotter Hjelm
Father
Johan Olof Forsgren
Baptized
1843 July 16 (Age 26)
Served in California Mission
1848 (Age 31) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Additional Notes
Called
1849 October 7 (Age 32)
Served in Scandinavian Mission
1849 October–1852 March (Age 32) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Additional Notes
He was appointed temporary mission president and took charge at the departure of Erastus Snow.
Arrived in Field
1850 June 14 (Age 33)
Called
1852 February 22 (Age 35)
Called as President to Scandinavian Mission
1852 March 4–December 20 (Age 35) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Scandinavian Mission
Additional Notes
Although Willard T. Snow was technically appointed mission president in March 1852, he did not proactively perform in that office until after the departure of Forsgren in December, effectively making them co-presidents of the mission during much of 1852.
Death
1890 January 22 (Age 73)
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