Iver C. Olsen (1904 – November 5, 1960) was an accountant for the

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and the

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in Stockholm during World War II. In that latter capacity he provided WRB funds to

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in his efforts to rescue the Hungarian Jews.

Biography

He was born in 1904 and worked for the US

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in the 1930s and for the Treasury Department in World War II. Assigned to work in Sweden, he handled Special Fund accounting for the

and handled funds from the

for the rescue of refugees. Following the end of the war he acted as a representative for the

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. In 1954 he was the

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representative of Tripp and Co. He died on November 5, 1960.

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*Iver C. Olsen; Rights of foreign shareholders of European corporations (United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce) (1929) ISBN B0008AWPV4

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