Organized 11 May 1850 with Erastus Snow as its first president. The mission covered most of northern Europe including: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The headquarters was located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Renamed Danish-Norwegian Mission on 1 July 1905 when the Swedish Mission was created. Many people and records would continue to call it the Scandinavian Mission for a few years.
Erastus Snow Departed from Home as Mission President
1849 October 19 – 1852 March 4
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Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1850 May 11
John Erik Forsgren Called as Mission President
1852 March 4 – December 20
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Willard Trowbridge Snow Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1852 April 26 – 1853 August 21
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John Van Cott Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1853 September 4 – 1856 January 29
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Hector Caleb Haight Departed from Home as Mission President
1855 May 7 – 1858 February 4
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Carl Charles Widerborg Called as Mission President
1858 February 4 – 1860 May 2
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John Van Cott Set Apart as Mission President
1859 September 18 – 1862 September 16
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Jesse Nathaniel Smith Called as Mission President
1862 May 9 – 1864 April 13
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Carl Charles Widerborg Set Apart as Mission President
1864 April 22 – 1868 September
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Jesse Nathaniel Smith Set Apart as Mission President
1868 August 16 – 1870 July 15
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William Wallace Cluff Set Apart as Mission President
1870 May 8 – 1871 June 23
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Canute Peterson Set Apart as Mission President
1871 April 10 – 1873 June 27
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Christian Grejs Larsen Set Apart as Mission President
1873 May 4 – 1875 June 25
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Nils Christian Flygare Called as Mission President
1875 June 22 – 1876 June 22
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Ola Nilsson Liljenquist Set Apart as Mission President
1876 April 10 – 1877 December 1
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Nils Christian Flygare Set Apart as Mission President
1877 December 4 – 1879 August 30
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Niels Wilhelmsen Set Apart as Mission President
1879 April 29 – 1881 August 1
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Christian Daniel Fjeldsted Set Apart as Mission President
1881 July 30 – 1884 April 4
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Anthon H. Lund Set Apart as Mission President
1883 September 3 – 1885 October 19
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Nils Christian Flygare Set Apart as Mission President
1885 September 11 – 1888 October 3
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Christian Daniel Fjeldsted Called as Mission President
1888 October 3 – 1890 September 29
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Edward Heinrich Anderson Set Apart as Mission President
1890 September 2 – 1892 September 22
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Joseph Nels Christiansen Called as Mission President
1892 August 26 – 1893 May 11
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Carl Arvid Carlquist Called as Mission President
1893 May 11 – 1894 April 11
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Peter Olofson Sundwall Set Apart as Mission President
1894 March 9 – 1896 June 11
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Christian Nielsen Lund Set Apart as Mission President
1896 May 8 – 1898 May 19
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Joseph George Christensen Called as Mission President
1898 May 19 – September 19
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Andreas Peterson Set Apart as Mission President
1898 August 15 – 1901 April 27
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Anthon Lorenzo Skanchy Set Apart as Mission President
1901 April 2 – 1904 December 27
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Christian Daniel Fjeldsted Set Apart as Mission President
1904 October 24 – 1905 July 1
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Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1905 July 1
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Scandinavian Mission Map 1850
Missionaries in Scandinavia
Aalborg Konference 1901
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Aalborg Konference 1900
Presidents Carlquist and Christiansen
President Smith on a Visit to Scandinavia
James Morten Peterson and James Monsen missionary companions