Peter B. Olsen

Peter B. Olsen (April 11, 1848 July 3, 1926) was an American newspaper editor and politician.

Olsen was born in Christiana, Norway. Olsen emigrated to the United States in 1872. He was a printer by trade and became the literary editor for the Skandinaven in Chicago, Illinois. From 1899 to 1903, Olsen served as a Republican representative in the Illinois House of Representatives. From 1900 to 1906, Olsen served as the clerk of Cook County, Illinois. Olsen died at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Olsen was a close associate of fellow Chicago politician Henry L. Hertz.[1][2]

Notes

  1. 'Peter Olson Dies,' Chicago Tribune, July 4, 1926, part 1, pg. 14
  2. 'Illinois Blue Book 1901-Official Directory of the Forth-Second Illinois General Assembly, 1901,' Biographical Sketch of Peter B. Olsen, pg. 41
  • Larson, Laurence M. (1937) Skandinaven, Professor Anderson, and the Yankee School ( Northfield, MN: The Changing West and Other Essays, pages 116-146)
  • Øverland, Orm (1996) The Western Home - A Literary History of Norwegian America (Northfield, MN: Norwegian-American Historical Association)


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