[1] The building of an LDS temple in Zoetermeer, a satellite city of The Hague, was announced on August 16, 1999.

Orson Hyde, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, first entered the Netherlands in 1841 to serve a church mission.

On October 1, 1861, near the village Broek bij Akkerwoude (now part of the Dantumadeel municipality) the first converts to the LDS Church in the Netherlands were baptized.

A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication for The Hague Netherlands Temple was held on August 26, 2000.

LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated The Hague Netherlands Temple on September 8, 2002.