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Olaf Frederick Nelson

1883–1944 · 20th century · Also known as O. F. Nelson

Olaf Frederick Nelson was a Samoan merchant of Swedish and Samoan descent and a leader of the Mau, the non-violent movement against New Zealand rule in Western Samoa. The New Zealand administration exiled him twice, in 1928 and 1933. After the police shooting of Mau marchers on Black Saturday in 1929, the movement continued until New Zealand changed course in 1936.

Olaf Frederick Nelson
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Territory of Western Samoa

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