Jan Olof Olsson

Jan Olof Olsson
Olsson c. 1960
Born(1920-03-31)31 March 1920
Stockholm, Sweden
Died30 April 1974(1974-04-30) (aged 54)
Hjärnarp, Sweden
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • author

Jan Olof Lennart Olsson (pen name Jolo) (31 March 1920 – 30 April 1974) was a Swedish writer and a journalist for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. He was married to Margareta Sjögren, a journalist at another Swedish newspaper.

Olsson is known for his books about World War I and World War II, Den okände soldaten (1965; The Unknown Soldier) and Någonstans i Sverige (1974; Somewhere in Sweden). He has also written several historical essays and many travel books.

He died suddenly in 1974 on Walpurgis Night at the family's summer home on the Bjäre Peninsula of Scania.

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