# Per Olsen — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Per Olsen in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Madam Olsen, Olsen, bo'sun Olsen

**First appearance:** 0063-ix

## Who they are

A boatswain and worker who joins the labor movement.

## 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.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xv)

Receives Lasse's visit, shares news of her husband's warning, and is courted by Lasse.

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

Mentioned as Lasse's sweetheart; Lasse considers moving in with her despite legal obstacles.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xxii)

Madam Olsen is the sweetheart of Brother Kalle; Lasse borrows money from her for Pelle's confirmation clothes.

### [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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