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| Name |
Djalmar Aubrey Lund |
| Birth |
23 Jun 1915 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
24 May 1949 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KW8J-31G |
| Death |
4 Nov 1999 |
| Burial |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I4622 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Djalmar Emanuel Lund, b. 4 May 1882, Søllested, Lolland, Sjælland, Kongeriget Danmark d. 11 Jul 1966, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Mother |
Ågot Marie Rytterager, b. 11 Jan 1884, Kristiania, Oslo, Kongeriket Norge d. 9 Sep 1966, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
27 May 1903 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F3105 |
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| Notes |
- Djalmar Aubrey Lund, was born June 23, 1916 of parents Aagot Marie Rand b y and Djalmar Emanuel Hansen Lund at their home at 677 West Capitol Str ee t, Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of six, I attended the Washingto n Gra de School until I reached the seventh grade. At the age of thirtee n our f amily moved to 266 Douglas Street. In that area I attended Bryan t Junio r High School for two years then I graduated from East High Schoo l. Afte r three years of studies, I attended the University of Utah. Afte r two ye ars, I received a letter from my sister, Mrs. J.B. Brockman wh o resided i n Seattle, Washington, asking me to come there and work wit h my brother-i n-law, J.B. I worked there for a year and then returned t o Salt Lake Cit y where I worked for Snelgrove Ice Cream Company for a pe riod of three ye ars. I left that company to work for Christian Construct ion Company durin g the war years. Christian Construction was employed b y the Utah Copper M ines. My next interest was learning the trade of dent al mechanic so I wen t to work for the Salt Lake Dental Laboratory.
Our new home was located near the University of Utah so the family atten d ed the University Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sain ts . In May 1945, while I was attending a sacrament service one Sunday , I sa t next to a medical doctor and surgeon named L.H.O. Stobbe. He ha d his su ite in the First National Bank at the corner of First South an d Main Stre et. He began asking me questions about my interests. After ta lking for so me time, he asked me to come to his office to look over hi s equipment. Th e following day, I went to his office. He had an examinin g room, two reco very rooms, a room with medical supplies, a surgery room , and a laborator y. Everything appealed to me, so he told me I could sta rt working the fol lowing week. I worked with Dr. Stobbe as a technical a ssistant until Jun e 1949.
I regularly attended the University Ward and was very interested in the i r various activities. Bishop Lynn S. Richards called me into his offic e o ne Sunday to tell me he was calling me to go on a mission. He asked m e wh at language was spoken in our home. I told him Norwegian because mot her w as the most talkative. Then he told me he was sending me to Norwa y on a m ission for the church. He asked if there was any way to financ e it. I tol d him I didn’t think so. He said that there would be a way . A few days a fter, Brother John Firmage, who was a member of the bisho pric, came to ou r home and told my parents that he wanted to pay for th e expense of my mi ssion. By the middle of July, I was on my way by trai n with ten other mis sionaries, two going to Norway, two to Denmark, thre e to Sweden and thre e to Finland. We were to travel to New York where w e would board the pass enger ship, Gripsholm, a Swedish liner. After fiv e days of travel, the Gr ipsholm entered the Swedish port of Goteborg. Th e ten missionaries spli t up and five days later traveled to their own as signed countries. My tra veling companion and I boarded a train to Oslo , Norge. There we were me t at the station by one of the district preside nts. He took us to a resta urant for dinner and then we went to the Missi on President’s Headquarters , Osterhausgarten 27. There we were assigne d sleeping quarters and staye d in Oslo for two weeks. We were assigned t o our specific towns and senio r companions. My first town was Horton , a small fishing port. I labored t here for nine months with Elder Smit h and Elder Carlston. I was then sen t to an immense valley (Odalen) or t he O valley. Skarnes was the small t own where shopping was done and bat hing. Elder Daines was my senior compa nion. We used bikes for our transp ortation. The valley was located thirt y miles north of Oslo. Here it wa s bitter cold in the winter. After nin e months, I was sent to the cit y of Kongsvinger just north of Odalen. Th e city had a small population s o it didn’t take very long to cover the ar ea. After six months the cit y was closed to missionaries.
My companion and I were sent to the city of Drammen. We labored here f o r five months, then the mission president called me into Oslo to comple t e my mission after six month. The president made arrangements for me t o s ail to New York on the liner, “Queen Mary,” a British ship. After m y si x months were over I took a trip around Norway, going to the lower s ectio n toward the coastline, visiting Tonsberg, Larvig, Arendal, Kristia nsand , Stavanger, Haugesund, and Kristiansun. It was at this place tha t I too k a sailing trip into one of the fjords. The next city I visite d was Berg en. This is about the third largest city in Norway. I stayed o ver here wi th the missionaries and we watched a parade the following day . The next c ity I visited was Hardanger. Here Elder Lowbrot, his compani on and I wen t sightseeing together. He explained all about the various p laces we visi ted. We took a boat ride through a waterway. The followin g Sunday I atten ded one of their meetings.
Leaving Hardanger, I headed further north, taking a train to Tronheim. O n e of the elders met me at the station and together we went to their res id ing place. Here I stayed overnight. The following day, the senior Elde r t old me of some beautiful falls that were located up towards the mount ains . So I thought I would take a good hike to see what it would look li ke. T he falls were fifteen feet high cascading over a steep incline. Tro nhei m is almost in the center half of Norway and at night the Northern L ight s can be viewed. They are eerie looking and very irregular in desig n an d changing from time to time.
I wanted to see Stockholm, so the following day I boarded a train for Sw e den. The oncoming countryside was thick with green foliage and tall sle nd er trees. This was a seven to eight hour train ride before reaching St ock holm. Here there were magnificent, inspiring sights. The street cafe s wer e very unique and quaint. Parts of the city were built on islands . I too k a tour on one of the sightseeing boats. On the tour the guide m entione d the King’s Palace. So afterwards I thought I would like to se e the pala ce and especially the interior. The entrance fee was only tw o and a hal f kroner. This was an exciting experience. The interior throu ghout the ha lls and rooms was exceptionally elaborate and magnificent an d very spacio us in size. The guide took us over to the throne room and w e had he oppor tunity to sit on the throne if we wished. There was a spec ial room for of ficials and clergy. After viewing all the interior we lef t the palace t o see other exciting places of Stockholm.
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