Kveldúlfur (, ) was an

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ic trawler company that was established in 1912 by Thor Jensen. Kveldúlfur was one of the largest fishing companies in Iceland until the

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, running 7 boats at peak. It made Jensen one of the wealthiest men in Iceland. The company operated from

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. In 1929 it caught 23,791,000 kilos of fish. After World War II the company declined and eventually operated with just one trawler Kveldúlfur closed in 1977.

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