Growing up in Sunnmore on Norway’s rugged west coast, Per Saevik earned his first wages working on a fishing boat at the age of 12.
By 15, he was skippering his own vessel and, over the ensuing six decades, he built Havila Holdings – a business intrinsically linked with the sea comprising subsidiaries in fisheries, offshore shipping and ferries.
Later came a move into tourism with the addition of hotels near the company’s office in the coastal town of Fosnavag. Given the firm’s heritage, cruising made for a natural next step.
