Olaf Dahl

This article is about the Norweigan father of Helga Dahl. You may be looking for the Swedish poker player.

Olaf Dahl
Biological Information
Full name	Olaf Dahl
Gender	Male
Born	June 4,1825
Death	April 15, 1912 (age 86)
Cause	Perished on the Titanic
Background Information
Family	Mrs. Dahl (wife) Helga Dahl (daughter)
Hometown	Somewhere in Norway
Religion	Christian
Titanic Statistics
Boarded	Southampton, England
Destination	New York, U.S.A
Occupation	Passenger
Class	Third class
Fate	Falls from the stern and into the sea. Died on impact or of hypothermia.
Production
Classification	Fictional character
Portrayal	Erik Holland

Olaf Dahl was a Norwegian third class passenger and the demanding father of Helga Dahl. He did not approve of his daughter's romance with Fabrizio De Rossi and ended their relationship when he refused to let her go with him to America, however, Helga and Fabrizio both died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic along with himself and his wife. It is unknown how he died, although he is assumed to have drowned after falling off the stern of the ship.

Due to the fact that they both didn't appear to interact with her much, Mrs. Dahl and Olaf do appear in Rose DeWitt Bukater's Titanic dream sequence.

Role in the Film

He and Helga were first seen staring at the Titanic as it was departing, then waved goodbye when the ship began to leave. Two days later, in third class, he was reading a magazine when Rose came, he took off his glasses and stared at her as it was uncommon for a first class passenger to visit third class. At the party, he oversaw an arm wrestl while drinking beer.

On the night the ship began to sink, he disapproved when Helga asked to go with Fabrizio in a lifeboat. when the Titanic started tilting, he was seen holding on to Helga. He was last seen struggling to hold on with his wife.

Behind the scenes

• In James Cameron's film, Titanic, Olaf Dahl was played by Erik Holland.
• Interestingly, Olaf Dahl shares the same first name as Olaf Gunderson, the Swedish poker player.