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JOHN OHLIN.

    Business enterprise in Logan finds a worthy representative in John
 Ohlin, junior
partner in the firm of Johnson & Ohlin, proprietors of the Royal
 Bakery. There have been
no spectacular phases in his life, but constant devotion to the work in
 hand and
reliability in business methods have constituted the basic elements in
 the attainment of
his present-day success, which is represented in a large and growing
 business. He was
born in Skaraborg (Ian), Sweden, June 21, 1876, a son of Anders and
 Maria Christina
(Anderson) Ohlin, both of whom were natives of the same place. The
 father has followed
the occupation of farming with moderate success and still resides at
 the old home place
at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, who was born in 1838, passed
 away in October,
1907, at the age of sixty-nine years. They had a family of seven
 children, four sons and
three daughters, of whom four are yet living.

    John Ohlin, who was the sixth in order of birth, pursued his
 education in the schools
of his native country to the age of sixteen years, when he left home in
 order to provide
for his own support. He was first employed as a farm hand and later
 spent a year in work
at the brick mason's trade but did not find that vocation to his
 liking. He then went to
Stockholm, Sweden, where he served an apprenticeship at the baker's
 trade, after which he
worked as a journeyman baker for eleven and a half years. He next
 entered the life
insurance business and was a traveling representative for one of the
 leading life
insurance companies of his native country. He continued in the business
 there for five
and a half years and in 1909 he was converted and baptized in the faith
 of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From that time until 1913 he aided
 the missionaries in
Karlstad in their religious activities and as a result of his labors he
 was obliged to
leave the country. Accordingly he sailed for America and on the 31st of
 January, 1913,
arrived in Salt Lake City an entire stranger. On the 11th of February
 of that year he
took up his abode in Logan and immediately found employment with Herman
 Johnson at the
baker's trade. He worked in that capacity for six months and was
 afterward employed by
Mr. Wersten, the proprietor of the Royal Bakery, with whom he remained
 for five months.
He spent the succeeding half year again in the employ of Herman Johnson
 and in July,
1914, in connection with Max Johnson, an employe of Herman Johnson,
 formed the present
firm and established business on their own account in a small way. From
 that humble start
they have developed a trade that is today most extensive and theirs is
 now the largest
bakery in northern Utah. Their patronage is steadily increasing, owing
 to the excellence
of their product, which finds a ready sale on the market.

    On the 29th of July, 1898, Mr. Ohlin was married In Stockholm,
 Sweden, to Miss Gerda
Anderson, a native of that country. They had six children, two sons and
 four daughters:
Irma, who passed away in 1918 at the age of twenty years, Anna, Niels,
 Olof, Carrie and
Elsie.

    Mr. Ohlin was made a citizen of the United States, February 8,
 1919, in Logan. His
political allegiance is given to the democratic party where national
 questions and
issues. are involved but at local elections he casts an independent
 ballot. He is a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the sixth
 ward and is one of
the ward teachers. He belongs to the Logan Commercial Boosters Club and
 he is interested
in all that has to do with the welfare and progress of city and state.
 He is more than
satisfied with America and her Institutions and has become a loyal
 resident of this land.
He now resides at No. 164 East Third street, South, in Logan, where he
 owns a pleasant
home, and as the years have passed he has made for himself a creditable
 and enviable
position in the business circles of his adopted city.

Extracted from:

UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920