Born: March 16, 1870, Skane, Sweden. Died: October 6, 1958, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois. |
Olson’s family emigrated to America in 1875. He attended Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. He worked for Swedish newspapers, and for a publisher in Chicago, then became editor of the Augustana Book Concern (1911-1949). He wrote four original hymns, and translated almost 30 more. He was a member of the Augustana Hymnal Committee, which published its Hymnal and Order of Service in 1925, and was a member of the Joint Commission on a Common Hymnal, which led to the publication of the Service Book and Hymnal in 1958. In 1948, the King of Sweden made Olson a knight of the Royal Order of Vasa.
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