Ivar Haglund

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Ivar Haglund (1905 – 30 January 1985) was a Seattle folk singer and the "flounder" of Ivar's. In 1938, he opened Seattle's first aquarium along with a short-lived fish and chips counter on Pier 54. In 1946, he opened a full restaurant there, Ivar's Acres of Clams, which survives to this day (although it has been thoroughly remodeled). He coined its motto, "Keep Clam." (For reasons that are declared by the restaurant to be "unknown," the letter 'a' in "clam" is inverted on all advertisements featuring the motto.)

After his neighbor on Pier 56 put up a sign reading "Don't Feed Sea Gulls, Health Regulation" in 1971, Ivar responded with his own sign encouraging customers to feed the seagulls.

In 1976, Ivar bought the Smith Tower, a Seattle landmark that was once the tallest building in North America west of the Mississippi River. In 1983, he was elected port commissioner after filing as a prank. He died of a heart attack just over a year later.