# Albert — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Albert in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Per Olsen, Albert Olsen, Olsen

**First appearance:** 0061-vii

## Who they are

A worker and friend who participates in strikes and meetings.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/vii)

Per Olsen is mentioned as having bought the rum and having sworn himself free in court.

### [The Threshing Machine and the Fifty-Öre Piece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/viii)

The quiet, respectable day-laborer with a mysterious fate. He measures the grain and is fortunate to have left the machine just before Long Ole's accident.

### [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xxiv)

Present at the 'Great Power's' deathbed; comments on the dying man's rambling.

### [Chapter XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xxv)

Cerberus Olsen, the steward of the dance hall, bellows for a mazurka and tries to drive the few dancers, but the cold and poverty have drained the joy from the crowd.

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