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Gudmundson was born in Artun, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland.
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Gudmund Gudmundson
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He was christened a Lutheran on March 23, 1825. In 1845, Gudmundson moved to Denmark to study goldsmithing. On May 21, 1851, Gudmundson travelled to Vestmannaeyjar to preach.
Shortly thereafter, he went back to his hometown of Artun to preach, but found no one willing to listen to his message.
Gudmundson continued preaching in Iceland until July 1854. In July 1854, Gudmundson returned to Denmark to preach.
He was released after seven weeks, but was immediately conscripted into the Danish army. After just over one year, Gudmundson was released from military service due to ill health.
On April 18, 1857, Gudmundson left Copenhagen on a ship bound for America.
He arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory on 13 September 1857. While emigrating to Utah, Niels Garff, one of Gudmundson"s Danish converts, grew ill and died. Gudmundson agreed, and on 4 October 1857 Gudmundson and Marie Garff were married in Salt Lake City.
They had three sons together.
After arriving in Utah, Gudmundson began using the Anglicised form of his name. Gudmundson was involved in the Morrisite War and was afterwards arrested and fined $100 for resisting arrest.
He was later pardoned by territorial governor Stephen South. Harding. Following the Morrisite War, the Gudmundsons ended their affiliation with the Morrisites and lived in Utah County, Utah and Sacramento, California.
In 1871, they moved to Lehi, Utah Territory.
He was buried in Draper.
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Nationality
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Religion
Mormon