Pelle the Conqueror · Character
Per Olsen
A boatswain and worker who joins the labor movement.
minor
Also known as Madam Olsen, Olsen, bo'sun Olsen
First appearance: ix
Per Olsen shows up with force in VII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Per Olsen is mentioned as having bought the rum and having sworn himself free in court.
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In VII: Per Olsen is mentioned as having bought the rum and having sworn himself free in court. Later, in The Threshing Machine and the Fifty-Öre Piece: The quiet, respectable day-laborer with a mysterious fate. He…
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- Childhood friends and local figures
- Later life associates and minor characters
- Pelle's family and early influences
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Per Olsen in ix