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Einar O. Hausvik & Co

Former Norwegian cannery on Askøy

Einar O. Hausvik & Co was a cannery at Hetlevik on Askøy, Norway, established in 1914 and producing various fish products. It employed up to 150 people and was important to the local community, but was taken over by a bank in 1937 amid the interwar downturn and later absorbed into the sardine-canning group De Forente Hermetikkfabrikker.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Einar O. Hausvik & Co was a cannery at Hetlevik on Askøy, Norway, established in 1914 and producing various fish products. It employed up to 150 people and was important to the local community, but was taken over by a bank in 1937 amid the interwar downturn and later absorbed into the sardine-canning group De Forente Hermetikkfabrikker.2

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