Österlind studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1874 to 1876. After the first years of his studies, he traveled in 1877 to Paris, where he became a student of the sculptor PJ Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. (http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/160788952852/h%C3%B6gl%C3%A4sning-i-stugan-allan-erik-august-%C3%B6sterlind)