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About Thrond Sjursen Haukenæs
- Thrond Sjursen Haukenæs (March 4, 1840 – November 14, 1922) was a Norwegian folklore collector and an author, publisher, and distributor of his own works.Haukenæs was born at the Haukanes farm on the Granvin Fjord between Granvin and Folkedal in Hordaland county.
- Haukenæs initially worked as a shepherd, and then spent several years fishing for herring and also traveling around as a book seller.
- He married Kristi Gjerdsdotter Aalvik (1849–1914) from Indre Ålvik in 1871 and then settled down as a trader in Granvin.
- He went into business with his friend Rikoll Eide.
- Haukenæs then became the manager of the Graven Consumer Association (Gravens Forbrugsforening), which developed to operate mail services, a coaching inn, and a hotel.
- The association experienced economic difficulties, and so Haukenæs took it over at book value and then continued it as a private operation.
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