Peter B. Olsen (April 11, 1848 – July 3, 1926) was an American newspaper editor and politician.

He was a printer by trade and became the literary editor for the Skandinaven in Chicago, Illinois.

Olsen was a close associate of fellow Chicago politician Henry L.

[2][3] Olsen died at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois on July 3, 1926.

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