Northern European Division (NED)
When officially organized in 1928, the territory covered by the Northern European Division included European countries and several areas in Africa.
Europe | Africa |
British Isles | Abyssinia and Ethiopia (modern Ethiopia) |
Norway | Eritrea |
Sweden | Kenya |
Finland | Uganda |
Esthonia | Tanganyika (modern Tanzania) |
Latvia | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and French Sudan (modern Sudan and South Sudan) |
Lithuania | Somalilands (modern Somalia and Somaliland) |
Poland | Zanzibar (part of modern Tanzania) |
Iceland | French Guinea |
Greenland | Pemba |
Faroes | Ivory Coast |
Estonia | Niger |
Latvia | Dahomey (modern Benin) |
Lithuania | Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso) |
Togo | |
Fernando Po (modern Bioko) | |
Annobón (part of modern Equatorial Guinea) | |
Corisco (part of modern Equatorial Guinea) | |
Elobey (part of modern Equatorial Guinea) | |
St. Thomas and Group (modern São Tomé and Príncipe) | |
Nigeria | |
Gold Coast (modern Ghana) | |
Sierra Leone | |
Gambia |
Denmark was added to NED's territory in 1930.
Northern Europe-West Africa Division (NEWAD)
When the division was reorganized in 1970, areas in East Africa were removed from the division's territory.
Europe | Africa |
British Isles and Ireland | Ghana |
Finland | Nigeria |
Norway | Sierra Leone |
Sweden | Gambia |
Netherlands | Liberia |
Poland | Togoland (modern Togo and part of modern Ghana) |
Iceland | Ivory Coast |
Denmark | Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso) |
Benin-Dahomey (modern Benin) |
Northern European Division (NED)
The rest of the African countries were removed when NEWAD reorganized in 1980 into a new version of the Northern European Division, whose territory only covered northern Europe.
Trans-European Division (TED)
Parts of Southern Europe and the Middle East were added into the Division's territory when it re-organized again in 1985. In 1995, more of the Middle East and North Africa were added. These areas were later dropped from the division's territory in 2011. If you'd like to chart a specific country, please feel free to look through the Seventh-day Adventist Yearbooks, available in the online archives.
1986
Europe | Elsewhere |
British Isles and Ireland | Pakistan |
Finland | Israel |
Hungary | Afghanistan |
Netherlands | |
Poland | |
Sweden | |
Norway | |
Iceland | |
Faroe Islands | |
Denmark | |
Greenland | |
Albania | |
Yugoslavia | |
Greece |
2017
Europe | |
British Isles and Ireland | |
Finland | |
Hungary | |
Netherlands | |
Poland | |
Sweden | |
Norway | |
Iceland | |
Faroe Islands | |
Denmark | |
Greenland | |
Slovenia | |
Serbia | |
Southern Cyprus | |
Greece | |
Albania | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Croatia | |
Estonia | |
Guernsey | |
Isle of Man | |
Jersey | |
Latvia | |
Lithuania | |
Montenegro | |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | |
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
You can see the current territory of the division by visiting its Yearbook entry.