Who We Are

After Mor Lyng's death, the proprietary property was bought by the partnership "The Association for the Abolition of the Tenancy Service in Skjervø". As the tenants announced their interest in buying, they were able to buy the mills at a favourable price.

Johannes Holmboe Giæver, the first Giæver in Havnnes, established himself as a merchant here in 1868 under the firm Johs. H. Giæver. He ran it big at Havnnes, not least in terms of fish turnover, and increased farm operations both in terms of the herd and annual seed. His wife died in 1906. His sons, Carl Holmboe Giæver and Thorvald Hoseth Giæver took over after their mother's death; the daughters Marie and Annie had already taken over the household and continued with this until Thorvald H. Giæver and his wife Hanna, b. Aagard took over in 1931 after Jens Carl Giæver's death. 

Thorvald Hoseth Giæver, b 1877, spent his entire life working at Havnnes. He became co-owner in 1918 and sole owner in 1931. For 55 years, he led Skjærvø Sparebank, which had its seat at Havnnes from 1900. His interests were all-encompassing, and in 1947 he was awarded the HM King's Medal of Merit in gold for socially beneficial activities.

During the forced evacuation in 1944-45, the family lived in Trondheim. When they returned after the evacuation, there were rumours that Havnnes had also been burned, but it turned out not correct. When they returned, they found a poster that read, "Worth protecting! Do not burn ». The poster can be found today at Havnnes.

His eldest son, Johannes Holmboe Giæver, b 1913, became co-owner of the company in 1937 and sole owner from 1956. His abilities as a businessman were early seized. The fishing industry and banking probably took most of his skills and time. In 1982 he was appointed knight of St. Olav's Order for Social Benefit. He was married to Gunvor Rønning, b 1916 in Trondheim. The family moved to Tromsø in 1960.

Of the family's 5 children, the youngest of the sons, Einar Giæver, b. 1945, settled on Havnnes. From 1969 he was manager of the company Johs. H. Giæver, in 1974, became co-owner and in 1979, sole owner. After schooling at Statens Lærebruk in Vardø, courses and professional practice in fisheries manufacturing, he runs from Havnnes an extensive business with production and export of fish products, then mainly stockfish. Apart from Havnnes, the company had a number of uses in Finnmark, Troms and Nordland.

His son, Thorvald Havnnes Giæver, born in 1968, has taken over as general manager of the company from 01.01.2000. He has his background from Kystartilleriets Befalsskole, Treider Handelsskole, Eksportmarkedsføring ved Møre og Romsdal Fiskeritekniske Høgskole, PhD candidate in the USA for the Norwegian Export Council, marketing consultant in Italy for Fiskeprodusentenes Fellessalg, employee in Aalesundfisk AS in Ålesund. He has held various positions within Johs. H. Giæver AS and in 1999, he returned to run the company. He has been the general manager since the year 2000.

The sixth generation of Giæver at Havnnes is represented by his four children, Johannes Holmboe Bergfald Giæver, b 1997, Christian Havnnes Bergfald Giæver, b 2002, Jens Severin Hallen Bergfald Giæver, b 2004, and Haakon Marinius Holmboe Bergfald Giæver, b 2004.