[3] Another son, Thoralv Klaveness, became a well-known writer.
[1][4] In 1857, he inherited the shipyard "Klavenessverven", which had been owned by his father and grandfather.
In 1865, he bought two thirds of "Søebergverven" from Lyhman, after the death of Peder Søberg in 1863.
[5] He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1870 and 1873 for the constituency Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amt (now Vestfold), serving until 1878.
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