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American politician For persons of a similar name, see Peter Olsson.

Peter B. Olsen


Clerk of Cook County
In office 1900–1906
Preceded by	Philip Knopf
Succeeded by	Joseph F. Haas
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
In office 1899–1903
Succeeded by	Philip Knopf

Personal details
Born	(1848-04-11)April 11, 1848 Christiana, Norway
Died	July 3, 1926(1926-07-03) (aged 78) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Political party	Republican

Peter B. Olsen (April 11, 1848 – July 3, 1926) 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.

Strand, A. E., ed. (1905). A History of the Norwegians of Illinois. Chicago: John Anderson Publishing Company. pp. 436–437. Retrieved August 13, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
"Peter Olson Dies". Chicago Tribune. July 4, 1926. p. 11. Retrieved August 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Illinois Blue Book 1901-Official Directory of the Forty-Second Illinois General Assembly, 1901, Biographical Sketch of Peter B. Olsen, p. 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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