Olaf Huseby (December 12, 1856–October 3, 1942) was a Norwegian-American bookseller and publisher.

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Olaf Antunson Huseby was born at Leikanger in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was the oldest of five siblings. He studied art in

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from 1881 to 1883. In 1883, he founded the bookstore ''Olaf Huseby & Olaf Olsen Boghandel'' jointly with

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(now Oslo). The collaboration eventually failed and two split in 1890. Olaf Norlis started Olaf Norlis Bokhandel and Olaf Norlis Forlag which combined a bookstore with a publishing house. Huseby next ran his own firm ''Huseby & Co'' in cooperation with Johan Sørensen. The company published books such as Skram's novel ''Constance Ring'', Krohg's confiscated novel '' Albertine'', and the periodicals ''

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Kringsjaa ''Kringsjaa'' (Outlook) was a periodical which was published every two weeks from 1893–1910 (once a month July 1905–1909). It was published by Olaf Norlis forlag in Kristiania. The magazine was around 80–100 pages, and was based o ...

''. In 1903, Huseby emigrated to America with his family. He established the ''Olaf Huseby Publishing House'' in

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which remained active from 1904-1935. In retirement, Olaf Huseby and his wife Ingeborg Skjegstad Huseby (1861-1942), established their home in Hillsdale, Michigan. He died during 1942 and was buried at Lake View Cemetery.

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