Chicago Tribune - Friday, August 2, 1963
Birger Osland, Aug. 1, 1963, beloved husband of the late Theresa; dear father of Alice Sonsteby and Mildred Dahm. Service Saturday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul'sby-the-Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues. Visitation at John M. Petersen & Sons Chapel, 4338 Fullerton avenue, on Friday, from 3 to 10 p.m. Memorials appreciated. Interment Mount Olive.
Chicago Tribune - Friday, August 2, 1963
BIRGER OSLAND, EX-INVESTMENT BANKER, DIES - Steamship Line's Founder
Birger Osland, 93, of 1602 Chase av., retired investment banker and long a leader in Norwegian-American affairs in Chicago, died yesterday in Norwegian-American hospital.
Mr. Osland came to Chicago from Norway in 1888, and beginning in 1911, he helped organize the Norwegian-American Steamship line by selling stock in the United States.
After World War I, Mr. Osland established his own investment banking firm at 120 S. La Salle st. He retired from business in 1940.
In World War I he was military intelligence attache at the American legation in Oslo, Norway, and then American food administrator for northern Europe under Herbert Hoover. He received citations for services in those capacities, and also for his work as a member of the national board for war relief during World War II.
He was a trustee of Norwegian-American hospital 35 years, and its president from 1936 to 1947. He was a trustee of Chicago's Century of Progress exposition in 1933. He was one of the founders of the Norwegian-American Historical society.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John J. Sonsteby and Mrs. Omer B. Dahm; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in St. Paul's by the Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues.
His letters and writings, many in Norwegian, are archived at St. Olaf University.
Birger Osland, Aug. 1, 1963, beloved husband of the late Theresa; dear father of Alice Sonsteby and Mildred Dahm. Service Saturday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul'sby-the-Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues. Visitation at John M. Petersen & Sons Chapel, 4338 Fullerton avenue, on Friday, from 3 to 10 p.m. Memorials appreciated. Interment Mount Olive.
Chicago Tribune - Friday, August 2, 1963
BIRGER OSLAND, EX-INVESTMENT BANKER, DIES - Steamship Line's Founder
Birger Osland, 93, of 1602 Chase av., retired investment banker and long a leader in Norwegian-American affairs in Chicago, died yesterday in Norwegian-American hospital.
Mr. Osland came to Chicago from Norway in 1888, and beginning in 1911, he helped organize the Norwegian-American Steamship line by selling stock in the United States.
After World War I, Mr. Osland established his own investment banking firm at 120 S. La Salle st. He retired from business in 1940.
In World War I he was military intelligence attache at the American legation in Oslo, Norway, and then American food administrator for northern Europe under Herbert Hoover. He received citations for services in those capacities, and also for his work as a member of the national board for war relief during World War II.
He was a trustee of Norwegian-American hospital 35 years, and its president from 1936 to 1947. He was a trustee of Chicago's Century of Progress exposition in 1933. He was one of the founders of the Norwegian-American Historical society.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John J. Sonsteby and Mrs. Omer B. Dahm; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in St. Paul's by the Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues.
His letters and writings, many in Norwegian, are archived at St. Olaf University.
Chicago Tribune - Friday, August 2, 1963
Birger Osland, Aug. 1, 1963, beloved husband of the late Theresa; dear father of Alice Sonsteby and Mildred Dahm. Service Saturday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul'sby-the-Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues. Visitation at John M. Petersen & Sons Chapel, 4338 Fullerton avenue, on Friday, from 3 to 10 p.m. Memorials appreciated. Interment Mount Olive.
Chicago Tribune - Friday, August 2, 1963
BIRGER OSLAND, EX-INVESTMENT BANKER, DIES - Steamship Line's Founder
Birger Osland, 93, of 1602 Chase av., retired investment banker and long a leader in Norwegian-American affairs in Chicago, died yesterday in Norwegian-American hospital.
Mr. Osland came to Chicago from Norway in 1888, and beginning in 1911, he helped organize the Norwegian-American Steamship line by selling stock in the United States.
After World War I, Mr. Osland established his own investment banking firm at 120 S. La Salle st. He retired from business in 1940.
In World War I he was military intelligence attache at the American legation in Oslo, Norway, and then American food administrator for northern Europe under Herbert Hoover. He received citations for services in those capacities, and also for his work as a member of the national board for war relief during World War II.
He was a trustee of Norwegian-American hospital 35 years, and its president from 1936 to 1947. He was a trustee of Chicago's Century of Progress exposition in 1933. He was one of the founders of the Norwegian-American Historical society.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John J. Sonsteby and Mrs. Omer B. Dahm; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in St. Paul's by the Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues.
His letters and writings, many in Norwegian, are archived at St. Olaf University.
Birger Osland, Aug. 1, 1963, beloved husband of the late Theresa; dear father of Alice Sonsteby and Mildred Dahm. Service Saturday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul'sby-the-Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues. Visitation at John M. Petersen & Sons Chapel, 4338 Fullerton avenue, on Friday, from 3 to 10 p.m. Memorials appreciated. Interment Mount Olive.
Chicago Tribune - Friday, August 2, 1963
BIRGER OSLAND, EX-INVESTMENT BANKER, DIES - Steamship Line's Founder
Birger Osland, 93, of 1602 Chase av., retired investment banker and long a leader in Norwegian-American affairs in Chicago, died yesterday in Norwegian-American hospital.
Mr. Osland came to Chicago from Norway in 1888, and beginning in 1911, he helped organize the Norwegian-American Steamship line by selling stock in the United States.
After World War I, Mr. Osland established his own investment banking firm at 120 S. La Salle st. He retired from business in 1940.
In World War I he was military intelligence attache at the American legation in Oslo, Norway, and then American food administrator for northern Europe under Herbert Hoover. He received citations for services in those capacities, and also for his work as a member of the national board for war relief during World War II.
He was a trustee of Norwegian-American hospital 35 years, and its president from 1936 to 1947. He was a trustee of Chicago's Century of Progress exposition in 1933. He was one of the founders of the Norwegian-American Historical society.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John J. Sonsteby and Mrs. Omer B. Dahm; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in St. Paul's by the Lake church, Ashland and Estes avenues.
His letters and writings, many in Norwegian, are archived at St. Olaf University.
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