Thon Partner Hotell Selbusjøen

Since 1850, there has been a lot of activity on the property of Haverneset in Selbu, which today is Thon Partner Hotell Selbusjøen. The property was originally developed for merchant Fredrik Birch from Trondheim, which in 1850 established Selbus`s first trading house with King Oscar's approval.

Birch was an entrepreneur and soon expanded the business with a bakery, post office and production and sale of mill stones from a breach called Kvittyten at Kvernfjellvatna, at the same time as running the farm. Driven as he was, Birch became a pioneer. He was one of the first in central Norway to sow timothy and use fertilizer.

In 1898, his son Paul Birch took over. After a while he closed down the millstone operation. He ran the rest of the business until 1915, but then sold the property to Selbu Turberkuloseforening, which wanted to establish a tuberculosis sanatorium at Haverneset.

When the sanatorium was closed in 1955, the property was taken into use as a retirement home and health centre until 1987. At that time, the municipality had built a new health centre in the centre of Selbu, and the property was taken over by Toril and Arild Øien who established Selbusjøen Hotell and Gjestegård 1988.