Jan Olof Olsson
Writer, Author
1920 – 1974
Who was Jan Olof Olsson?
Jan Olof Lennart Olsson was a popular Swedish writer and a journalist for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter where he elevated the short sketch to an art. He was married to Margareta Sjögren, a journalist at another Swedish newspaper.
Olsson is most known for his books about World War I and World War II, in Swedish named Den okände soldaten and Någonstans i Sverige, and several essays on popular history has been issued as books.
He also wrote a large number of travel books. In both fields his real strength lies in his ability to use vivid and picturesque situations to illustrate general patterns.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1920
Sweden - Profession
- Died
- Apr 30, 1974
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on July 23, 2013
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