Olaf Antunson Huseby was born in
Leikanger Municipality in
Nordre Bergenhus amt, Norway. He was the oldest of five siblings. He studied art in
Germany and
England from 1881 to 1883. In 1883, he founded the bookstore
Olaf Huseby & Olaf Olsen Boghandel jointly with
Olaf Norli in
Kristiania (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
Nyt Tidsskrift and
Kringsjaa. In 1903, Huseby emigrated to America with his family. He established the
Olaf Huseby Publishing House in
Minneapolis, Minnesota 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. ==References==