• He sailed to America in 1858 on the ship John Bright with  Karen Marie. His wife is known as Kjersten Sorensen Svendsen. He is also known as Laurs in some records. 

Iver N. Iversen Company (1858)

• Age at Departure: 31
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1880 Utah Census.
• "A Company of Saints," Deseret News [Weekly], 8 Sep. 1858, 118.
• Find a Grave
• Scandinavian Mission, Historical Reports 1852–1877
• Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.