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Norlie * Jonas Bretkūnas * Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder * Antonio Brucioli * Mikołaj Jakubica * Matthias Bel * Johann Ernst Glück * William F. Beck Theologians * Martin Luther / Katharina von Bora * Philip Melanchthon * Johannes Bugenhagen * Johannes Brenz * Justus Jonas * Hans Tausen * Laurentius Petri * Olaus Petri * Mikael Agricola * Matthias Flacius * Martin Chemnitz * Johann Gerhard * Abraham Calovius * Johannes Andreas Quenstedt * Johann Wilhelm Baier * Philipp Spener * David Hollaz * August Hermann Francke * Henry Muhlenberg * Friedrich Schleiermacher * Lars Levi Laestadius * Charles Porterfield Krauth * C. F. W. Walther * F. W. Stellhorn * Søren Kierkegaard * Rudolf Otto * Ernst Troeltsch * Rudolf Bultmann * Paul Tillich * Hermann Sasse * Dietrich Bonhoeffer * Wolfhart Pannenberg * v * t * e Johan Olsen (July 3, 1834 – September 11, 1911) was an American pioneer Lutheran minister and church leader. Olsen served as the second president of the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.[1][2] ## Biography[edit] Johan Olsen Johan Olsen was born in Helgeland, Norway on July 3, 1834.[3] Olsen was the only son of Ole and Anne Jacobson. He graduated from Tromsø Seminary in 1854, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Christiania.[3][4] Johan Olsen married Rakel Johanna Rodli on August 15, 1858. Together they had eleven children.[5][4] In 1866, Olsen immigrated to the United States. He moved to Paxton, Illinois, where he became a teacher at Augustana College.[3] In 1867, Olsen was ordained, and became a pastor at Lutheran churches in Neenah and Fort Howard, Wisconsin.[3] On April 19, 1867, Olsen began serving the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Denmark, Wisconsin.[6] In 1870, Olsen became the first vice-president of the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.[3] In 1872, he became the second president of the Conference serving until 1881.[4] In 1873, Olsen moved to St. Ansgar, Iowa, and began serving First Lutheran Church.[5] During this time, Olsen also served as vice-president and trustee of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1883, Olsen became the editor of the Norwegian Lutheran church newspaper, Lutheraneren of Mission-Blaldet.[5][1] Olsen died on September 11, 1911, and was buried in the cemetery of First Lutheran Church.[1] ## References[edit] 1. ^ a b c History of Mitchell County, Iowa, 1883. Mason City, Iowa: Klipto Print Company. 1883. p. 498. 2. ^ Clifford E. Nelson and Eugene L. Fevold (1960). The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House. 3. ^ a b c d e J.F. Clyde and H.A. Dwelle (1918). History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. 4. ^ a b c Standard Historical Atlas of Mitchell County, 1911. Chicago: Anderson Publishing Company. 1911. 5. ^ a b c First Lutheran Church Sesquicentennial. St. Ansgar, Iowa: First Lutheran Church. 2003. 6. ^ Our Savior's Lutheran Church: 100 Years of Lutheran Heritage. Denmark, Wisconsin: Our Savior's Lutheran Church. 1980. p. 5. This article relating to Lutheranism is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | * v * t * e *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template