The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was first brought to the Netherlands in 1841, with the first congregation officially established in 1862 in Amsterdam.

The Church was introduced in the Netherlands as early as June 1841,[5] when Orson Hyde visited Rotterdam and Amsterdam on his way to Jerusalem.

While in the country, he discussed Church doctrine with rabbis[6] and printed five hundred Dutch-language copies of An Address to the Hebrews, a pamphlet written by Hyde and intended for the Jews.

[7]: 9–11 Anne van der Woude was the first convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Dutch origin.

Van der Woude and Paul A. Schettler began proselyting in the country in 1861, and the first LDS baptisms on Dutch soil occurred on October 1, 1861 in Friesland.

[9] Schettler recorded difficulty in obtaining new converts due to "slandering reports in Dutch and German newspapers" regarding the Church.

[9] Seeking to combat abundant anti-Mormon publications, missionaries in 1866 printed two tracts outlining Church doctrine.

[7]: 36  In 1902, the Deseret Evening News published a positive report on the Church's presence in the Netherlands, claiming 500 members in Amsterdam.

The Church had built its first chapel in the Netherlands in 1938,[9] but it was destroyed two years later when the Nazi Air Force bombed Rotterdam.

[9] After WWII ended, the Dutch government barred the re-entrance of American missionaries on the grounds that the nation's struggle with food shortage prevented the acceptance of any additional mouths to feed.

Ezra Taft Benson visited the nation that year as well, surveying damaged Church property and meeting with local leaders.

[9] On September 24, 2011, a celebration commemorating the first baptisms in the Netherlands was held at the site where they occurred: a canal between Broeksterwâld and Damwâld, Friesland.

[17] The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square concluded its tour of Europe in 2016 at the De Doelen concert hall in Rotterdam.

[19] In 2020, the LDS Church temporarily canceled services and other public gatherings in response to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic which resumed online and/or in person, depending on the congregation.

[1] Branches in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaco are located in the ABC Islands District of the Trinidad Port of Spain Mission.