Lewis Larsson (1881 - 1958), was born Hol Lars Larsson in Nås, Sweden, and served as the de facto head of the Photographic Department of the American Colony in Jerusalem, British Mandate Palestine.

Larsson was renowned for his use of photojournalism to record and document the cultures of the south Mediterranean, primarily within the Palestinian region.

In 1896, many of the residents of Nås emigrated, following the evangelist Olof Henrik Larsson, to the American Colony.

This included Lewis and his family, and in 1896 they traveled mostly by train to Jerusalem in order to wait the "Return of the Lord"[2] Lewis married Edith Larson, the daughter of the evangelist Olaf Larson.

[5] The new position caused him to cut back on his photography work with the American Colony.