Christian D. Fjelsted

Christian D. Fjelsted
First Seven Presidents of the Seventy
April 6, 1884 (1884-04-06) – December 23, 1905 (1905-12-23)
Called by	John Taylor
Personal details
Born	Christian Daniel Fjelsted February 20, 1829(1829-02-20) Sundbyvester, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	December 23, 1905(1905-12-23) (aged 76) Salt Lake City, Utah

Christian Daniel Fjelsted (also known as Fjeldsted) (20 February 1829 – 23 December 1905) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1884 to his death. Fjelsted was one of the first Scandinavian converts to Mormonism and was a prominent Mormon missionary to his home country of Denmark and the other Scandinavian countries.

Fjelsted was born in Sundbyvester in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1851, he and his wife were taught about Mormonism from LDS Church missionary and apostle Erastus Snow. They became members of the LDS Church in 1852. The following year, he was ordained an elder in the church by Peter O. Hansen and he came to preside over districts of the church in Amager and Ålborg, Denmark and Christiania (now Oslo), Norway.

In 1858, Fjelsted and his family emigrated to Utah Territory to join the gathering of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City. From 1867 to 1870, Fjelsted served a church mission to Denmark and Norway. In 1884, he became a member of the church's First Seven Presidents of the Seventy. As a general authority of the church, Fjelsted served two more missions to Scandinavia, including two terms as the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the church from 1888 to 1890 and from 1904 to 1905. Fjelsted also served missions in northern Utah and in Chicago, Illinois among Scandinavian emigrants.

Shortly after returning to Utah from Scandinavia, Fjelsted died in Salt Lake City. He was a practitioner of plural marriage and had four wives and fifteen children.

References

• Andrew Jenson. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia 3:746; 4:370
• Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedia History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints p. 593.

External links

• Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Christian D. Fjelsted
• State of Utah Death Certificate