O.A. Olsen: WI Conference 1880-1881

O.A. Olsen: WI Conference 1880-1881

Elder Olsen was elected a second time in 1880 and served one year. After presidencies in Iowa and South Dakota, he was sent to superintend the Scandinavian work in Europe. The General Conference, meeting at Minneapolis in 1888, elected him to serve as General Conference President, which position he held until 1897. Elder Olsen is remembered as a man of earnest prayer.