About Ola Hanson
Lived 1864 – 1927 (aged 63). Ola Hanson was a missionary.
Ola Hanson (June 25, 1864, in Åhus, Sweden – October 17, 1929, in St. Paul, Minnesota) was a Swedish-American missionary who worked with the Kachin people in Burma.
Hanson came to the United States in 1881, settling in Oakland, Nebraska. He attended the Swedish Baptist (later Bethel) Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduated from Madison Theological Seminary in Hamilton, New York, and was ordained in 1890.
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Who was Ola Hanson?
American missionary (1864-1927)
When was Ola Hanson born?
Ola Hanson was born on 25 June 1864.
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Ola Hanson died on 17 October 1927 in Saint Paul.
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Ola Hanson was a missionary.
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