Olaf Gunderson

Olaf Gunderson
Biological Information
Full name	Olaf
Gender	Male
Born	September 15,1880
Death	June 27,1974 (age 83)
Background Information
Family	unknown
Hometown	somewhere in Sweden
Titanic Statistics
Boarded	Never did
Destination	New York, U.S.A.
Occupation	Passenger (formerly)
Class	Third class
Fate	Lost a poker game
Production
Classification	Fictional character
Portrayal	Bjorn Olsen

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

Olaf Gunderson was a Swedish poker player that lived in Southampton, England. He was Sven Gunderson's brother, who planned on boarding the RMS Titanic with him with third class tickets. Despite having spent much money on the tickets, he and his brother still had substantial money, enough to interest people in a game of poker.

Biography

On the day of the trip, the pair found themselves in a heavy stakes poker game Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi. Sven had bet their tickets as a way of making their opponents go all in with everything they had, something Olaf was against. Despite Sven having two pairs, Jack beat him with a full house, resulting in them losing their tickets aboard the ship.

As Jack collected their winnings, Olaf grabbed him and prepared to strike only to then strike his brother instead, knocking him out, due to the man having lost them tickets that cost them a fortune.

This unfortunate event ironically saved Olaf's and Sven's lives, as both Jack and Fabrizio died when the ship sunk, which means he and Sven could of most likely died on the Titanic too if he won the game.

Trivia

• Olaf shares the same first name as Olaf Dahl.
• After close examination of a prop used in the film, Olaf's last name is Gundersen.
• He was portrayed by Bjørn Olsen.