Olav Kavli was a Norwegian

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  business man

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  who founded the Kavli

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 company.

Ole Knudsen Kavli was born at Årø in Bolsøy (now Molde

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), in Møre og Romsdal

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, Norway

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. Kavli grew up on Ytre Årø, a small farm east of Molde. As an 18-year-old he went to Bergen

Bergen

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, where he took trade school courses.

As a 21-year-old in 1893, he established a delicatessen

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 in Bergen. He soon established connections with trade with the United Kingdom

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, Sweden

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 and Denmark

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 with trade to the United States

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 in 1910. He founded Kavli Holding AS. in Sandnes

Sandnes

is a city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Jæren.-History:Sandnes was separated from Høyland as a municipality of its own in 1860, and gained city status the same year...

 in 1914.
The major breakthrough came in 1924 when he succeeded at creating the world's first durable soft cheese (smelteost) with a long shelf life. He named it after the first flowers of spring Primula. Today, the company he founded sells produce in 30 countries from plants located in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England and Scotland.