Born: July 12, 1862, Kräklinge, Sweden.
Died: May 5, 1900, Kräcklinge parish, Sweden.
Buried: Kräklinge cemetery.
Pseudonym:E. Gn.
Emil was the son of Gustav Olsson and Karolina Andersdotter. He never married.
A Lutheran, he attended agricultural schools at Skeppsholmen and Lindsta, Sweden, but had to give up his studies due to poor health.
By age 16, he was active as a Sunday school teacher and evangelist in the Helgelseförbundet (Sanctification Association)
He produced three song collections, including: