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About Henrik Klaveness
- Henrik Klaveness (16 April 1826 – 15 April 1888) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician. He was born in Sandeherred (later Sandar) as a son of ship-owner Aake Torssøn Klavenes (1801–1853) and grandson of Thor Aagessøn Klavenes (1767–1854).
- He was a brother of priest Thorvald Klaveness, and his two other brothers were ship-owners.He was married to Thora Klaveness and had several children.
- One of their sons, Lars, became a banker in their hometown.
- Another son, Thoralv Klaveness, became a well-known writer.
- Henrik Klaveness was also an uncle of Anton Fredrik, Thorvald and Wilhelm Klaveness.
- He was a grand-uncle of Anton Fredrik Klaveness, Dag Klavenes, Torvald Faye Klaveness and Kristen Faye Klaveness.He was a farmer at Gogstad nedre in the parish of Sandar.
- In 1857, he inherited the shipyard "Klavenessverven", which had been owned by his father and grandfather.
- He sold the yard to Joseph Lyhmann (1825–1915) in 1861.
- In 1865, he bought two thirds of "Søebergverven" from Lyhman, after the death of Peder Søberg in 1863.
- This was sold to John Eliseus Sanne Wetlesen (1843–1917) in 1874.
- Both of these yards would become a part of Framnæs Mekaniske Værksted.He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1870 and 1873 for the constituency Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amt (now Vestfold), serving until 1878.
- He also served as mayor of Sandar from 1864 to 1878.
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