Kavli Moen and Fred Kavli

We have now arrived at Kavli Moen Farm, which is the childhood home of Fred Kavli; physicist, inventor, business man and philanthropist who is considered by many to be the Alfred Nobel of our time. Here under the starry sky in Eresfjord he developed a curiosity for the universe which led to a lifelong love of science. The Farmer’s son grew up in Eresfjord and emigrated to the USA as a newly qualified engineer in 1956. After some years of working for others he established the Kavlico Corporation, a company which developed into the world’s leading producer of sensors for cars, airplanes, space craft and other industries. In 2000 he sold his life’s work for 2 and a half billion kroner and created the Kavli Foundation. Today the foundation has 17 research institutes around the world and funds the Kavli prize in Science for contributions to Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience. The prize has been awarded every other year since 2008 by his Majesty the King. Today the Kavli Foundation is working with the Romsdal museum to develop Kavli Moen into the Fred Kavli Science centre. The programmes and activities which are offered at Kavli Moen are within the areas of education, science, innovation and entrepreneurship. Fred Kavli had a close connection to his family and Eresfjord village. Even though he became an American citizen in the 1960s and considered himself American, he chose Eresfjord and the cemetery at Sira Church as his final resting place. Fred Kavli passed away on the 21st November 2013 in Santa Barbara, USA he was 86 years old.