Olav Kavli
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Olav Kavli (born 1872) was a Norwegian businessperson and cheese scientist from Molde who founded the Kavli company. As a 21-year old in 1893 he established a delicatessen in Bergen. He soon established connections with trade with the United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark with trade to the United States in 1910. He founded a separate dairy in Sandnes in 1914. The major breakthrough came in 1924 when he succeeded at creating the world's first durable soft cheese, Primula.
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