Orsen N. Nielsen Explained

Orsen N. Nielsen was a United States diplomat.

Biography

Nielsen was born Orsen Norman Nielsen on September 22, 1892 to Eigil and Hilda J Nielsen in Beloit, Wisconsin. He was of Danish descent.^[1]

Career

Nielsen served as US Vice Consul in Moscow in 1918 and in Stockholm from 1918 to 1921. He served as US Consul in Berlin from 1921 to 1924; Dublin from 1924 to 1926; and Tehran from 1927 to 1929. Later he was US Consul General in Munich, where he reported on the actions of Germany from 1933 until 1941.^[2] He held the same position in Sydney.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lawrence . Kestenbaum . Index to Politicians: Nicholson-brown to Nile . The Political Graveyard . September 10, 2012.
2. Web site: Observing A Dictatorship: American Consular Reporting on Germany, 1933–1941 . Ghi-dc.org . October 23, 2013.