Nils Økland, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Nils Økland

Norwegian resistance member

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1882

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: Esperantist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Nils Andreas Økland (10 June 1882 – 1969) was a Norwegian Esperantist and teacher in Stord (Hordaland), Norway.
He spent some years in his youth on the island Utsira, where his father was a school teacher.
Nils Økland was married to Hanna Olava Bergstøl, and they had 3 sons.
His father Matthias Larsen Økland (b.
1844) was also a school teacher and a church chorister; his mother was Signi Nilsdatter (b.
1853) from Eidsvåg.
Having learned Esperanto indirectly through his friend Haldor Midthus by 1904, he served as president on the executive council of Stord's Norwegian Esperanto League branch.