# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederik-valdemar-olsen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:00:28.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederik-valdemar-olsen"
name: "Frederik-Valdemar Olsen"
slug: "frederik-valdemar-olsen"
description: "Frederik-Valdemar Olsen was a Danish soldier who became a general and commander in chief of the Belgian Congo Force Publique.\nHe was born into a poor family, joined the Danish army, then in 1898 volunteered to serve in the Congo Free State.\nHe rose quickly through the ranks, and in 1909–1910 played an important role in a stand-off with German and British forces disputing the eastern border of what was now the Belgian Congo.\nDuring World War I Olsen commanded a force that defended Northern Rhodesia against a German attack, then advanced from the south of Lake Kivu to take Tabora in what is now Tanzania.\nAfter the war he became commander of the Force Publique before retiring as a general in 1925. \nOlsen was then made general manager of the state-owned Congo River shipping line Unatra, later combined with railway lines to form Otraco.\nHe retired from this position in 1947."
tagline: "Danish soldier, general and commander in Belgian Congo"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olsen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1877-05-24"
deathDate: "1962-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.61
  momentum:             4.544117647058824
  historical:           5.005652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik-Valdemar_Olsen"
    title: "Frederik-Valdemar Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik-Valdemar_Olsen"
    title: "Frederik-Valdemar Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "فردریک-والدمار اولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik-Valdemar_Olsen"
    title: "Frederik-Valdemar Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Valdemar_Olsen"
    title: "Frederik Valdemar Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63241728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump