Danish: The first foreign language edition of the Book of Mormon

By Trent Toone, Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 21 2012 5:00 a.m. MST

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Erastus Snow and Peter Olsen Hansen worked together to produce the first Danish translation of the Book of Mormon for the LDS Church's Scandinavian mission in 1851. This is part of a series on foreign translators of the Book of Mormon.

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Dayzd

Salem, OR

I had long wondered why a country with such a small population had so many converts who emigrated to the United States and eventually to Salt Lake City and all of the colonies of Deseret. The question was answered for me some years ago when I learned More..

8:36 a.m. Feb. 22, 2012
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