Olaf Swenson ( December 16, 1883 – August 23, 1938) was a Seattle-based fur trader and adventurer active in Siberia and Alaska in the first third of the 20th century. His career intersected with activities of notable explorers of the period, and with the Russian Civil War. He is credited with leading the rescue of the Karluk survivors from Wrangel Island in 1914. According to historian Thomas C. Owen, Swenson's "practicality and zest for adventure made him an ideal entrepreneur on the arctic frontier..."[1]
Born and raised in Michigan, Swenson first reached the far north as a Nome prospector in 1901. The next year he signed on for a prospecting venture in Siberia, spending two summers and one winter on the Chukchi Peninsula. He returned to Siberia in 1905, this time with his wife and their infant son. His introduction to trading came when their ship was wrecked and he contracted to salvage cargo on a share basis. He continued to trade at Anadyr until 1911. In 1913, Swenson and C.L. Hibbard of Seattle formed the Hibbard-Swenson Company which operated trading schooners and steamers on the Siberian coast, buying furs and ivory and trading a variety of general merchandise until 1921. Swenson continued this business as Olaf Swenson & Co. until 1923 when the Bolshevik victory led to seizure of his business. Two years of negotiations led to a contract with the Soviet government to supply goods on a cost-plus basis and buy furs. This arrangement persisted through 1930. The difficulties of getting furs and personnel out of the Siberian Arctic led to the first commercial flights across the Bering Strait. The fourth such flight crashed in a Siberian winter storm, killing aviation pioneer Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic in 1929. Swenson's memoir Northwest of the World contains observations on commerce, conditions, and native life in northeast Siberia and won critical praise for its direct style and vivid description.
OlafSwenson ( December 16, 1883 – August 23, 1938) was a Seattle-based fur trader and adventurer active in Siberia and Alaska in the first third of the...
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and ivory worth more than a million dollars. Its captain, adventurer OlafSwenson, became a well-known trader in Anadyr. In 1906 it was reported that the...
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Arctic Expedition – Captain Robert Bartlett of the Karluk met fur trader OlafSwenson in Nome, Alaska who had chartered the schooner King and Winge for a seasonal...
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reached Wrangel Island one day after the survivors had been rescued by OlafSwenson and his crew in the King & Winge. She then proceeded to look for four...
forced to abandon her and seek refuge aboard the Belvedere. Pedersen and OlafSwenson of the Belvedere traveled overland by foot and dogsled to Fairbanks to...
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Wyatt The Road to Glory (1936) as Scared soldier Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) as Olaf Girls' Dormitory (1936) as Toni Reunion (1936) as Asa Wyatt Seventh Heaven...
(uncredited) Murder with Pictures (1936) – Olaf (uncredited) Love on the Run (1936) – Stephen (uncredited) Outcast (1937) – Olaf – the Valet Maytime (1937) – Sleeper...
was born in Chicago, Illinois, to professional ballroom dancers, Haakon Olaf Hagen and Marvel Lucile Wadsworth. After his father deserted the family,...
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as Chris (replaced by Will Chase, Steven Pasquale, Greg Stone and Will Swenson). After the London production closed in 1999 and also following the closure...
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Bringing Dermot to Hanging (uncredited) Plastered in Paris (1928) - Bud Swenson Strong Boy (1929) - Baggage Man The Black Watch (1929) - 42nd Highlander...
episodes) Nominated – BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor 1987 The Abduction of Kari Swenson Sheriff Onstad TV Movie 1989 Screen Two Hunter McCall "Defrosting the Fridge"...
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