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Title

Letter from Birger Osland to Ole Rølvaag, 1930 September 2

Identifier

p0584_02331

Date

1930 September 2

Creator

Osland, Birger, 1870-1963

Description

Birger Osland was a Norwegian-born Chicago investment banker, philanthropist, and author. He was an official in various enterprises of Charles H. Wacker (1893-1911); founder and president of Birger Osland and Company, investment bankers (1911-1940); general western manager of the Norwegian America Steamship Line (1911-1923) and for many years a member of its board of representatives. He also served as secretary-treasurer of Lake Otis Groves, Inc.; director of the Scandinavian Trust Company of New York until its merger with New York Trust Company; and vice president of Chicago Security Dealers Association.

From 1917 to 1919 Osland was an attaché with rank of major in the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army, stationed in Christiania (now Oslo), and also a member of the U.S. Food Administration, Copenhagen. He was a trustee of the Century of Progress Exposition; member of the Norwegian-American World's Fair Auxiliary Committee; treasurer of NAHA for 25 years; director and also president of the Norwegian-American Hospital; and national treasurer of Norwegian Relief, Inc., during World War II.

Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.

Birger Osland's letter to Ole Rølvaag.

Type

Text

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Contributor

Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931

Rights

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Bibliographic Citation

[Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.

Is Part Of

P0584

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Birger Osland Correspondence)

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584)