Introduction

Biography

Duhlin was the son of a Sal­va­tion Ar­my (SA) of­fi­cer. Mu­sic ran in the fa­mi­ly: His young­er bro­ther was com­pos­er Sparre Ol­sen.

Alfred emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1916, and be­came an SA mu­sic lead­er in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Haakon Dahl­strøm’s book Ord i Sam­klang says it has been dif­fi­cult to find out any­thing about Duhlin’s death. He spent his last years at an SA home for sen­iors in New York. Dahl­strøm spe­cu­lates Duh­lin died out­side the home with­out iden­ti­fi­ca­tion pa­pers, and was bur­ied in an uni­den­ti­fied grave.