[1] Under the tsarist Russian State, the church was unrecognized and members and missionaries had several conflicts with police.

Missionaries and converts often suffered covert surveillance, arrests, imprisonments, and deportations by police.

[1] 6 years later on April 17, 1983 the Tampere Finland Stake was organized.

[9] On July 1, 1990, The Finland Helsinki East Mission was organized to serve members and missionaries in the former Soviet Republics.

[9] The Helsinki Finland Temple was dedicated on October 22, 2006 by Gordon B. Hinckley.