▁of ▁the ▁early ▁mission aries ▁were ▁imprison ed ▁due ▁to ▁government ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁pre aching ▁of ▁M orm on ism . ▁ ▁While ▁in ▁Den mark , ▁Snow ▁bapt ized ▁the ▁first ▁I cel ander ▁converts ▁to ▁the ▁L DS ▁Church . ▁ ▁Snow ' s ▁and ▁his ▁mission ary ▁companion , ▁Peter ▁O . ▁Hans en , ▁worked ▁together ▁on ▁transl ating ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁M orm on ▁into ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁language . ▁When ▁it ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁book ▁had ▁been ▁printed ▁in ▁a ▁language ▁other ▁than ▁English . ▁By ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁had ▁been ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁language . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁there ▁were ▁more ▁converts ▁from ▁Den mark ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁country ▁in ▁Europe ▁except ing ▁England , ▁and ▁Scotland . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁converts ▁( up ▁to ▁ 1 7 , 0 0 0 ) ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Ut ah , ▁as ▁was ▁common ▁practice ▁among ▁European ▁converts ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁first ▁imm igr ants ▁were ▁led ▁back ▁to ▁Ut ah ▁by ▁Er ast us ▁Snow . ▁Re asons ▁to ▁imm igr ate ▁included ▁to ▁get ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁anti - M orm on ▁attitude ▁of ▁many ▁Dan es ▁and ▁to ▁avoid ▁cons cription ▁in ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁army ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁Schles wig ▁War . ▁One ▁early ▁Dan ish