Liv Marit Haakenstad
Haakenstad has published several books over the years, many articles, and has been speaking at a number of events.
About me
Liv Marit Haakenstad, AG®, AGL™ was born in 1965 in Lillehammer, Norway, and grew up in Biri, Norway. At the age of 12, she started doing genealogy research, and she has worked as a professional genealogist and author for many years. She has written more than a hundred genealogy articles on computers & genealogy, Norwegian emigration, genealogy, and genealogy technology, and ten books on Norwegian genealogy. She is often assisting International heir research firms and is working as a forensic genealogist. Haakenstad has been a consultant for several genealogical TV shows, including Who Do You Think You Are? BBC and Canada, and Norwegian Anno.
Liv Marit Haakenstad is an International genealogy presenter who has given more than 150 lectures throughout Norway, the United States, and England. She was a speaker at Who Do You Think You Are? Live conference in Birmingham, UK in 2015. She was a featured speaker at the RootsTech London Conference in 2019, RootsTech Connect 2021, and was a speaker at RootsTech 2023, and 2024 in SLC. Haakenstad has a master’s degree in nonfiction writing from USN (University of South-Eastern Norway).
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