# Nelse Jensen — O Pioneers! character guide

> Nelse Jensen in O Pioneers! by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nelse

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-the-wild-land

## Who they are

Swedish farmhand who works for the Bergsons.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/o_pioneers_se/chapters/ii)

A gloomy suitor of Signa, skeptical about the silo, and plays mournful airs on his dragharmonika.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/o_pioneers_se/chapters/ii)

Marries Signa and insists on walking home with the cows, demonstrating his practical and perhaps domineering character.

## Links

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