"The Other Swedes"
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Bror Carlsson & Alf Brorson
2001
"He Gave God Glory" ~ "The Story of Olof Olsson"
~ Contents & Illustrations
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Bror Carlsson & Alf Brorson
2001
"He Gave God Glory" ~ "The Story of Olof Olsson"
~ Contents & Illustrations
Illustration ......................................................................................................................................................................................v
Original sketch of front cover illustration of Jag Sökte Icke Mitt, by the artist Axel Hennix, Värmland, 1953.
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"I do ot have a silver tongue nor a golden voice. I only have a normal human heart. Whatever this heart desires, whatever makes this heart rich, hopeful and happy -- that is what I sincerely speak to other
human beings." -- A photograph of handwriting
CHAPTER 1: A Humble Servant of the Lord...............................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER 2: "God has so created a human being that no ties are stronger in his heart than the ties of home"...............2
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"My small but happy childhood home." The Hedfallet cottage at Linneback, Karlskoga, where Olof Olsson was born. -- Artist Björn Östlund
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Upsala Cathedral. -- Artist Petter Brorson
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The old Brunskog stone church, built in the early 1700s. -- Artist Göran Hagegård
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Landscape scene from Alga. -- Artist Björn Östlund
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The cemetery at Skavnaset, Persberg. -- Artist Björn Östlund
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Olof and Anna Olsson. -- Artist Petter Brorson
2 Illustrations..........................................................................................................................................................14 - A section of Sunnemo -- Artist Björn Östlund
- The old parsonage at Noretorp in Sunnemo. -- Artist Björn Östlund
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The Sunnemo Church. -- Artist Björn Östlund
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Lindsborg in the Smoky Valley of Central Kansas. -- A photograph
CHAPTER 3: The Song of Messiah Peals Forth from the Prairie............................................................................................20
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The "first" church, near Lindsborg. Artist G. N. Malm
2 Illustrations..........................................................................................................................................................25
- The "second" church in Lindsborg. The building has over the years been restored and enlarged. It is the first unit of the present church. -- Artist Björn Östlund
- The parsonage in Lindsborg, "Olof Olsson's homestead." -- Artist Björn Östlund
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Olof Olsson and his four children, Anna, Maria, Lydia and Hannes. -- Artist Petter Brorson
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First and Second Old Main Buildings, Augustana College. -- Artist Petter Brorson
CHAPTER 4: At the Cross............................................................................................................................................................40
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A bust of Rev. Dr. Olsson -- A photograph
"During the years following his visit to the United States, Bror Carlsson raised funds for the purchase of a bust of Olof Olsson. He did this by different means including giving lectures through Karlstad diocese.
"The bust, created by the sculptor Arvid Backlund, may be seen in Rock Island, Illinois, in Sunnemo, Sweden, and in Lindsborg, Kansas."
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In the back yard of the home which Olof Olsson contracted to have built for his family and himself. From the left, Bror Carlsson with Olof Olsson's children, Hannes and Lydia. [A photo]
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- Bror Carlsson at Olof Olsson's grave, 1951.
- Martin Ringstrom and Alf Brorson in Lindsborg, Kansas, Messiah Week, Easter of 1997
[2 photos]
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~ Transcriptions of "Translator's Foreword" "Foreword" "Acknowledgements" "Postscript."
Source: Deere Papers
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~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
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Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
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