Name Olaf Huseby | Died October 3, 1942 | |
Olaf Huseby (December 12, 1856–October 3, 1942) was a Norwegian-American bookseller and publisher.
Olaf Antunson Huseby was born at Leikanger in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was the oldest of five siblings. He studied art in Germany and England from 1881 to 1883. He established a bookstore in Kristiania jointly with Olaf Norli, but the two eventually split. Huseby was later running his company Huseby & Co in cooperation with Johan Sørensen. His company published books such as Skram's novel Constance Ring, Krohg's confiscated novel Albertine, and the periodicals Nyt Tidsskrift and Kringsjaa.
In 1903, Huseby emigrated to America with his family, where he established the Olaf Huseby Publishing House in Minneapolis, Minnesota which remained active from 1904-1935. In retirement, Olaf Huseby and his wife Ingeborg (Skjegstad) Huseby (1861-1945), established their home in Hillsdale, Michigan. He died during 1942 and was buried at Lake View Cemetery.