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    4,357

    Total Church Membership

    1-in-

    2

    Stakes

    21

    Congregations

    13 Wards
    8 Branches

    13

    FamilySearch Centers

    13

    1

    Temples

    1

    Missions

    History

    A few Danes joined the Church in the United States during Joseph Smith’s lifetime. One of these converts, Peter Hansen, even began work translating the Book of Mormon into Danish. In 1849 Hansen and Elder Erastus Snow of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were called to open a mission in Scandinavia. The Copenhagen branch was organized shortly after their arrival in 1850. In 1851 the Danish translation of the Book of Mormon became the first edition of the book printed in a language other than English.

    Most Danish converts in the 19th century emigrated to help build up Zion in the American West: in the 1850s and 1860s Latter-day Saints made up almost half of the total emigrants from Denmark. At the same time, Danish Saints contributed to their own country. In 1906, for example, Frederick Samuelsen of Aarhus became the first Latter-day Saint elected to a European Parliament.

    A wave of rapid growth in the 1960s helped the Church become more firmly established in Denmark, and the country’s first stake was organized in 1974. Since then, a faithful core of Saints have kept the faith in patience (see Revelation 14:12). In 2004 a temple was dedicated in Copenhagen.

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    Africa

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    849,568

    Members

    2,721

    Congregations

    Missions

    45Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    423

    Temples

    6Temples

    Asia

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    1,298,181

    Members

    2,113

    Congregations

    Missions

    45Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    402

    Temples

    10Temples

    Europe

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    507,748

    Members

    1,296

    Congregations

    Missions

    35Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    663

    Temples

    14Temples

    North America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    9,637,503

    Members

    18,423

    Congregations

    Missions

    175Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    3,054

    Temples

    120Temples

    Oceania (Pacific)

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    599,065

    Members

    1,308

    Congregations

    Missions

    17Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    318

    Temples

    11Temples

    South America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    4,320,129

    Members

    5,629

    Congregations

    Missions

    97Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    1,355

    Temples

    25Temples