Birger Osland was born March 1,1870 in Stavanger, Norway. He married Therese Korsvik March 15, 1890 in Chicago, IL and he died there August 1, 1963.
Birger Osland was born March 1,1870 in Stavanger, Norway. He married Therese Korsvik March 15, 1890 in Chicago, IL and he died there August 1, 1963.
The following are quotes from his book, A Long Pull From
Stavanger.
I was born in 1870 in Stavanger, in the country of Rogaland, Norway...My father's family lived in Jaeren, the flat, fertile plain of Stavanger...my mother...Helene Meling was born on the island of Aamoy in Rogaland. He left Norway in July 1888, landed in New York and took a train to Chicago with two friends and $6.00 in his pocket.
Birger Osland rose from his first job as a waiter at $3.50 a week to become head of his own investment firm.
From 1917-1919 Birger Osland was an attache with the rank of major in the Military Intelligence division of the U. S. Army stationed in Christiania.
Birger Osland became a leader in the Chicago Norwegian colony. He was one of the prime workers in the organization of the Norwegian America Steamship Line. He was a member of the Sons of Norway, the Chicago Norske Klub, Kvartett Klubben, Dovre Political Club and the Norwegian-American Historical Association. He was a trustee and president of the Norwegian-American Hospital and one of the founders of American Relief for Norway following the German Occupation.
He received the homary degree of Doctor of Laws from St. Olaf College. He received decorations from the King Haakon of Norway, Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman.
1902 visit to Stavanger, Helene Olsdatter Meling Aasland, Therese Korsvik Osland holding daughter, Mildred, Helene Osland, Torgger Olsen Aasland and Alice Rosalie Osland
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