Olsson Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
Bernt Axel Olsson, who arrived in Alabama in 1923 2
Olsson migration to New Zealand +
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:
Olsson Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
Mr. Christian Olsson, (b. 1844), aged 28, Scandinavian farm labourer travelling from Hamburg aboard the ship "Palmerston" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 12th December 1872 3
Mrs. Anna Olsson, (b. 1843), aged 29, Scandinavian settler travelling from Hamburg aboard the ship "Palmerston" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 12th December 1872 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Olsson (post 1700) +
Ann-Margaret Olsson (b. 1941), birth name of Ann-Margaret, the Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer
Jan Viktor Olsson (1944-2023), Swedish professional footballer who played as a midfielder who won 22 caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national team and played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Stellan Olsson (1936-2022), Swedish film director; his film Klangs kvintett (1976) was voted one of the 25 best Swedish films of all times in 2012
Vic Olsson, New Zealand rower
Otto Olsson (1879-1964), Swedish composer and organist
Martin Olsson (b. 1988), Swedish footballer
Börje Kenny Olsson (1977-2007), Swedish speedway racer
Jonas Olsson (b. 1983), Swedish footballer
Jonas Olsson (b. 1970), Swedish football manager and former footballer
Johan Olsson (b. 1980), Swedish cross country skier and Olympic medalist
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Miss Elina Olsson (d. 1912), aged 31, Swedish Third Class passenger from Sodra BrantevikSödra Brantevik who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 4
Mr. Nils Johan Göransson Olsson (d. 1912), aged 28, Swedish Third Class passenger from Eslöv, Skåne who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 4
Mr. Oskar Wilhelm Olsson, aged 32, Swedish Third Class passenger from Lunna, Orust Island who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking in collapsible A 4
SS Atlantic
Nils Olsson, Swedish traveler aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, survived the sinking
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)