Iceland Mission

Date Formed
1853 April 15
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
Europe
Organization Participants in Database
16

The first missionaries arrived there in Spring of 1853. At different points part of the Scandinavian, British, and European Missions. Placed under the Denmark Copenhagen Mission in 1975.

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Johan Peter Lorentzen Called as Mission President

1853 April – 1854

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Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1853 April 15

Magnus Bjarnason Set Apart as Mission President

1873 May 4 – 1874 July 2

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John Eyvindson Set Apart as Mission President

1879 April 28 – 1881 July 16

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Departed from the Field

Einar Johnson Set Apart as Mission President

1888 May 11 – 1890

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Thorarinn Bjarnason Set Apart as Mission President

1893 December 1 – 1895 August 17

Halldor Johnson Set Apart as Mission President

1898 April 22 – 1900

John Johannesson Set Apart as Mission President

1900 August 17 – 1903 December 5

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Lofter Geslison Bjarnason Set Apart as Mission President

1903 March 24 – 1906 September

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Released

Media
Iceland Mission Map 1853
Iceland Mission Map 1853