Mormoner jönköping
Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga i Sverige
So many were converted that the first branch was organized there in with 36 members. Another pioneer woman was Lovisa Munter of Uppsala. She became a member in and was faithful until her death at 91 years of age. The most successful year to date was , when persons were baptized and confirmed. In , to help support her family, she traveled to huvudstaden to sell her weaving. Often no one came. Missionaries also visited Smedjebacken, in the province of Dalarna.
He was poor, so members of his branch, seven widows and their children, obtained a suit coat and boots for him. At a.
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Now our families have several priesthood holders and missionaries. The Jansson family also produced the wife of a prophet, Sister Frances Monson. Most of the converts, however, soon traveled to Utah. He was arrested in and was brought in chains miles km to Malmö, where he was thrown in the castle prison, exhausted from hunger and privation. They found the people in Skönabäck, in the province of Skåne, receptive to the gospel.
He was visited by a präst, who found that Elder Jonsson was an intelligent man with some education. For instance, in , Åslev wrote an article in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in which he claimed that Brother Carlquist was a polygamist. One of the first leaders in Skåne was Carl Capson, called as the branch president in Lund. Much of his gods mission was spent correcting false reports published about the Church by Reverend P.
Åslev, a pastor who had lived in krydda Lake City and was hired to promote anti-Mormon sentiment in Sweden. For decades, persecution of Church members was severe. Elder Forsgren explained the purpose of his mission to his siblings, then anointed and blessed Peter, who was restored to full health. Despite persecution in this era, many became converted to the gospel. There she met the missionaries and realized that they were teaching the truth and was baptized, at age Her descendants are still active in the Church.
He returned to Sweden two more times on missions, including as uppdrag president of the Scandinavian Mission.
Another faithful missionary was Carl A. Carlquist, born near Vänersborg in At age 17, he felt a strong desire to preach the gospel and was called to distribute Church tracts around Jönköping. Unfortunately, Elder Forsgren had to leave the country after just three months. When she had occasion to travel to huvudstaden by train, Sister Munter would pass out tracts about the Church. In , President Brigham Young called a small number of men to travel to various parts of the world to preach the gospel.
His brother Peter was ill, and doctors said he was beyond help. One example fryst vatten Britta Olsdotter Persson, the first person to embrace the gospel in Vingåker. Many missionaries landed in prison, including Mikael Jonsson, a native Swede. Within a few years other missionaries were sent to Sweden. On July 19, , Elder Forsgren baptized his brother, who became the first convert in Sweden. Women who received the gospel became pillars of strength in Sweden.
He was called to serve and arrived in Sweden in June Elder Forsgren first visited his younger siblings in Gävle. Carl later emigrated to Utah and married Hulda Östergren, a Swedish immigrant. On many Sundays she went to the meeting hall, turned on the light, and waited for other members to come. Her legacy of faith continues: several of her descendants have returned to Sweden as missionaries. Among others, a Jansson family became members of the Church in He returned several times after his mission—as mission president, regional representative, and temple president.