Peter B. Olsen
Peter B. Olsen was an American newspaper editor and politician.
Biography
Olsen was born in Christiana, Norway on April 11, 1848. He 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, he served as a Republican representative in the Illinois House of Representatives. From 1900 to 1906, he served as the Clerk of Cook County, Illinois.
Olsen was a close associate of fellow Chicago politician Henry L. Hertz.
Olsen died at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois on July 3, 1926.
Related reading
- Larson, Laurence M. Skandinaven, Professor Anderson, and the Yankee School
- Øverland, Orm The Western Home - A Literary History of Norwegian America
Category:1926 deaths
Category:Norwegian emigrants to the United States
Category:Politicians from Chicago
Category:Editors of Illinois newspapers
Category:County officials in Illinois
Category:Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
Category:20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly