Olivone was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Olivone would merge with Aquila, Campo Blenio , Ghirone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio. This union was carried through on 22 October 2006.

Olivone is first mentioned in 1193 as Alivoni, then in 1205 it was mentioned as Orivono. In Romansh it was known as Luorscha.

The political power in the upper Blenio valley was in the hands of a branch of the De Torre family.