Born at Holmestrand, Christiania, Norway. Son of Christian Fikstad and Helena Kjeldsen.
Emigrated to Utah in 1881 and located temporarily in Ephraim, Sanpete Co., but moved to Manti the following year. In 1895 he was called on a mission to Scandinavia; was ordained a Seventy and set apart for that mission Nov. 6, 1895, by George Reynolds, in Salt Lake City; arrived in Copenhagen Dec. 2nd, following; he was appointed to labor in Norway, and operated mostly in the country districts around Christiania, and later in Freierikstad, where he had spent the greater part of his youthful years before emigrating to Utah; he was honorably released and returned home, arriving in Manti, Dec. 10, 1897. He was a member of the 48th quorum of Seventy, a Ward Teacher and one of the presidency of the Scandinavian meetings in Manti.
Emigrated to Utah in 1881 and located temporarily in Ephraim, Sanpete Co., but moved to Manti the following year. In 1895 he was called on a mission to Scandinavia; was ordained a Seventy and set apart for that mission Nov. 6, 1895, by George Reynolds, in Salt Lake City; arrived in Copenhagen Dec. 2nd, following; he was appointed to labor in Norway, and operated mostly in the country districts around Christiania, and later in Freierikstad, where he had spent the greater part of his youthful years before emigrating to Utah; he was honorably released and returned home, arriving in Manti, Dec. 10, 1897. He was a member of the 48th quorum of Seventy, a Ward Teacher and one of the presidency of the Scandinavian meetings in Manti.
Born at Holmestrand, Christiania, Norway. Son of Christian Fikstad and Helena Kjeldsen.
Emigrated to Utah in 1881 and located temporarily in Ephraim, Sanpete Co., but moved to Manti the following year. In 1895 he was called on a mission to Scandinavia; was ordained a Seventy and set apart for that mission Nov. 6, 1895, by George Reynolds, in Salt Lake City; arrived in Copenhagen Dec. 2nd, following; he was appointed to labor in Norway, and operated mostly in the country districts around Christiania, and later in Freierikstad, where he had spent the greater part of his youthful years before emigrating to Utah; he was honorably released and returned home, arriving in Manti, Dec. 10, 1897. He was a member of the 48th quorum of Seventy, a Ward Teacher and one of the presidency of the Scandinavian meetings in Manti.
Emigrated to Utah in 1881 and located temporarily in Ephraim, Sanpete Co., but moved to Manti the following year. In 1895 he was called on a mission to Scandinavia; was ordained a Seventy and set apart for that mission Nov. 6, 1895, by George Reynolds, in Salt Lake City; arrived in Copenhagen Dec. 2nd, following; he was appointed to labor in Norway, and operated mostly in the country districts around Christiania, and later in Freierikstad, where he had spent the greater part of his youthful years before emigrating to Utah; he was honorably released and returned home, arriving in Manti, Dec. 10, 1897. He was a member of the 48th quorum of Seventy, a Ward Teacher and one of the presidency of the Scandinavian meetings in Manti.
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