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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) (Swedish: Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga), headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been in Sweden since 1850.[4][5]
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The Book of Mormon was translated into Swedish in 1878.[6] As with many other Scandinavian converts, Swedish LDS were encouraged to emigrate to the US and build up "Zion" there; these included the ancestors of a previous church president, Thomas S. Monson, whose grandfather, Nels Monson (born Torhamn), emigrated at the age of 16. This depleted local numbers for a number of decades, until in the late twentieth century, this policy was discontinued, and a temple built within the country itself.
As of 2021, the LDS Church counted its number of members in Sweden to be just above 9,528, divided into 5 regional units with a total of 40 congregations.[7][verification needed] This was an increase in membership from 2014, which was 9,463.[8] The Church also maintains one temple in the country, the Stockholm Sweden Temple, in Västerhaninge.
The Swedish Rescue
Around 2010, a number of Swedish members of the LDS Church, including former area seventy Hans Mattsson, began to doubt the veracity of the church.[9] Marlin K. Jensen, a church general authority, and historian Richard E. Turley Jr. soon after conducted a fireside, an informal church meeting, at the Västerhaninge Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 28, 2010.[10][11] The audio was surreptitiously recorded and sparked much discussion and interest in the blogosphere.[12][13][14]
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Stakes
As of February 2023, the following stakes were located in Sweden:
Missions
- Sweden Stockholm Mission: On June 15, 1905, the Swedish Mission was organized from the Scandinavian Mission, which was renamed the Danish-Norwegian Mission.[15][16] When established, the mission covered Sweden, Finland, Russia and northern Germany, with Petter Matson as its president.[17] It has since been split among other missions, reducing the area of the mission to only Sweden.
Temples
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Västerhaninge, Sweden 1 April 1981 by Spencer W. Kimball 17 March 1984 by Thomas S. Monson 2–4 July 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley 31,000 sq ft (2,900 m2) on a 4.47-acre (1.81 ha) site Modern adaptation of six-spire design - designed by John Sjostrom and Church A&E Services | |||||
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