Sigurd F. Olson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sigurd F. Olson

American conservationist

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1899

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1982

Profession: writer, conservationist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sigurd Ferdinand Olson (April 4, 1899 – January 13, 1982) was an American author, 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 northwestern Ontario.
He was known honorifically as the Bourgeois — a term the voyageurs of old used of their trusted leaders.