Knut Pedersen from Stavanger and Erik Hogan from Telemark were some of the many Norwegian members that migrated west to the Utah Territory after the death of church founder Joseph Smith.

They were met in the mountains by a group heading east who had been called to open the Scandinavian Mission: Erastus Snow, the Swede John E. Forsgren, and the Dane Peter O.

[8] The stigma of polygamy was a significant hindrance to proselytizing in Norway, and also meant that those who did convert had an additional incentive to emigrate.

[9] The growth of the church within Norway was historically limited by continuing migration to the United States until after World War II.

On April 4, 2021, during general conference, church president Russell M. Nelson announced the first temple for Norway, to be built in Oslo.