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Sven Olsson, the cantor at the Swedish church in Prince´s Square and a witness at the coroner inqiury and who knew Elizabeth Stride, went back to Sweden 1898 and settled together with three of his daughters not in Glimåkra, where he was born but in the village of Osby in the same area.
He died the 7th of June 1932. The attached obituary notice was published in the local newspaper, Norra Skåne in 1932.
A translation:
HT Norra Skåne Thursday 9th of June 1932.
Deaths
”Sven Olsson. On Tuesday in his home in Osby former cantor Sven Olssson passed away nearly 91 years old. He had lived in Osby around 30 years and before that he was the cantor in the Swedish congregation in London. Sven Olsson was a kind, right-thinking and non-profit man. Among things he was interested in the breeding of youths and this interest he showed, as told, in an eccentric manner, going to local book auctions in the village, buying every book he thought improper for youths. He brought the books home and burnt them.
The deceased is mourned closests by his wife in second marriage and three daughters.”
Also attached is the image of the house in Osby where he lived after coming back to Sweden.
The Yearbook of Osby Local History Society 1967. (translated from Swedish)
Page 9. Arthur Newman remembers the village of Osby around 1907.
”Going north from Wiezells corner there was during those days a narrowed well-kept garden. Here was also a small house. On the gateposts had the house owner, the former cantor in a London congregation, Olsson, painted ”The Calm cottage” (in english!). Here it was calm and peacefull compared to the busy big city.”
He died the 7th of June 1932. The attached obituary notice was published in the local newspaper, Norra Skåne in 1932.
A translation:
HT Norra Skåne Thursday 9th of June 1932.
Deaths
”Sven Olsson. On Tuesday in his home in Osby former cantor Sven Olssson passed away nearly 91 years old. He had lived in Osby around 30 years and before that he was the cantor in the Swedish congregation in London. Sven Olsson was a kind, right-thinking and non-profit man. Among things he was interested in the breeding of youths and this interest he showed, as told, in an eccentric manner, going to local book auctions in the village, buying every book he thought improper for youths. He brought the books home and burnt them.
The deceased is mourned closests by his wife in second marriage and three daughters.”
Also attached is the image of the house in Osby where he lived after coming back to Sweden.
The Yearbook of Osby Local History Society 1967. (translated from Swedish)
Page 9. Arthur Newman remembers the village of Osby around 1907.
”Going north from Wiezells corner there was during those days a narrowed well-kept garden. Here was also a small house. On the gateposts had the house owner, the former cantor in a London congregation, Olsson, painted ”The Calm cottage” (in english!). Here it was calm and peacefull compared to the busy big city.”
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