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Biography: Nelson, Olaf Frederick

Olaf Nelson (middle, sixth from left) with his daughters on their return to Samoa from exile in New Zealand, 1933

Olaf Nelson with his daughters

Olaf Nelson (middle, sixth from left) with his daughters on their return to Samoa from exile in New Zealand, 1933

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Hugh Laracy. 'Nelson, Olaf Frederick', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998, updated August 2012. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3572/olaf-nelson-with-his-daughters (accessed 4 June 2026).