"The Other Swedes"
Honoring Them and Remembering Them
~ The Lindsborg Swedes, Their Neighbors & Friends
Honoring Them and Remembering Them
~ The Lindsborg Swedes, Their Neighbors & Friends
Rev. Dr. Olof Olsson
~ Remembering Swedish Lutheran Christian Founder of Lindsborg and Bethany Lutheran Church
~ LINKS to accounts by Rev. Bror Carlsson, Mr. Alf Brorson, and Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
Rev. Dr. Olof Olsson
(1841-1900)
Värmland Sweden Lutheran Colony Leader
He was a Swedish Augustana Lutheran Christian
Courtesy of McPherson County Old Mill Museum
1869 Founder of Lindsborg, Founder & "First" Pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church, 1869-1876
This section is a "placeholder" for Rev. Dr. Olof Olsson as information about him is found in the LINKS below.
Go HERE to 2001 "He Gave God Glory" - "The Story of Olof Olsson"
~ Alf Brorson's condensed version of his father's, Rev. Bror Carlsson's, 1955 manuscript,
"Jag Sökte Icke Mitt," "I Did Not Seek My Own"
Go HERE to Swedish Pastor Olof Olsson Emigrating to Lindsborg 1869, June 27th Arrival
~ An account by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
Go HERE to Bethany Lutheran Church and Lindsborg Founder Pastor Olsson, 1869 - 1876
~ An account by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
~ Alf Brorson's condensed version of his father's, Rev. Bror Carlsson's, 1955 manuscript,
"Jag Sökte Icke Mitt," "I Did Not Seek My Own"
Go HERE to Swedish Pastor Olof Olsson Emigrating to Lindsborg 1869, June 27th Arrival
~ An account by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
Go HERE to Bethany Lutheran Church and Lindsborg Founder Pastor Olsson, 1869 - 1876
~ An account by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
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The Rev. Olof Olsson's home in Moline, Illinois, 2021
Courtesy of Rev. Daniel Witkowski of First Lutheran Church, originally Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Graves of Rev. Olof Olsson and his wife Anna's at the Moline, Illinois, Riverside Cemetery,
4 miles east from Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois,
where Pastor Olsson was the College's third president.
Mississippi River and Davenport, Iowa, in the distance.
Source: 2010 photograph by Fran Cochran
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"Let Us Remember Them"
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
"Let Us Remember Them"
* * *
Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
