Country information: Finland It's easy. Send a link to the story
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this page and we'll send it along. Jan. 1, 2009: Est.
population, 5,250,000; Members, 4,548; Stakes, 2; Wards, 15;
Branches, 15; Missions, 1; Districts, 2; Temples, 1; Percent
LDS, .09 or one in 1,154; Europe Area. Located in northern
Europe, the Republic of Finland has a population that speaks
Finnish and Swedish, and 83.6 percent are Lutherans. The first
known Finnish native to join the Church was Gustaf Wallgren who
was baptized 30 Oct. 1860 in Sweden. He left Sweden to work in
Finland in 1861. It is not known if he baptized anyone, although
he did report sharing his newfound faith with others. The first
missionaries were Swedish brothers Carl A. and John E.
Sundstrom. They preached in Vaasa and performed the first
baptisms in the country: Johanna Berg and Johanna Sundstrom on 5
May 1876. During the first decade in Finland, the missionaries
worked among Swedish-speaking Finns, and b