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Sigurd F. Olson

American conservationist (1899-1982) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 82

Sigurd Ferdinand Olson was an American writer, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. For more than thirty years, he served as a wilderness guide in the lakes and forests of the Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota and western Ontario.

Sigurd F. Olson is read about 27 times a day, in 7 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Awards

John Burroughs Medal1974
John Muir Award1967

About this person

He was known honorifically as the Bourgeois - a term the voyageurs of old used of their trusted leaders.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1982 · aged 82