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Gustav Storm (18 June 1845 – 23 February 1903) was a

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, a professor at the

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in Christiania from 1877. He was a driving force in the research of

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and literature of the

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Personal life

Storm was born in

Rendalen Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otn ...

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, as the son of Ole Johan Storm and Hanna Jørgine Mathilde Breda. The family moved to Lardal,

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t ...

, where his father was a

vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

. When Gustav was five years old, his father died, and the family subsequently moved to Christiania (now Oslo). He was a brother of linguist Johan Storm and a cousin of zoologist Vilhelm Storm. He died at

Bygdøy Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner; historically Bygdøy was part of Aker Municipality and became part of Oslo in 1948. Bygdøy is a popul ...

in 1903.

Career

Storm finished his secondary education in 1862. He studied

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

at the

in Christiania, graduating as cand.philol. in 1868. He then worked as teacher for some years, and also carried out research in the fields philology and history. Among his works were ''Snorre Sturlassøns Historieskrivning, en kritisk Undersøgelse'' from 1873, and his thesis ''Sagnkredsene om Karl den Store og Didrik af Bern hos de nordiske Folk'' from 1874. He was appointed professor of history in 1877. Storm became a central person in history research and education at the university. He is regarded one of the most important investigators of

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in the science of

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in Norway. He chaired the society for primary sources, ''Kildeskriftforeningen'', from 1886 to 1903, and the

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from 1899 to 1903. He was secretary general of the learned society, the

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from 1884 to 1903. His translation of ''

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'' into

in the late 1890s was the basis for a popular edition of Snorri Sturluson's work. Among his publications are treatments of the

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, studies of

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's travels to

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, and Columbus' discovery of the American continent. Storm was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1891, and Commander, First Class in 1901. He was a Commander, Second Class of the Spanish

Order of Isabella the Catholic The Order of Isabella the Catholic ( es, Orden de Isabel la Católica) is a Spanish civil order and honor granted to persons and institutions in recognition of extraordinary services to the homeland or the promotion of international relations a ...

, and Knight of the Swedish

Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star ( Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of t ...

Selected works

*''Om den gamle norrøne literatur'' (1869) *''Snorre Sturlassøns Historieskrivning, en kritisk Undersøgelse'' (1873) *''Sagnkretsene om Karl den Store og Didrik af Bern hos de nordiske folk'' (1874) *''Kritiske bidrag til vikingetidens historie'' (1876) *''Ragnar Lodbrok og Lodbrokssønnerne'' (1877) *''Vikingetidens tidligste udgangspunkter'' (1879) *''Studier over Vinlandsreiserne, Vinlands Geografi og Etnografi'' (1888) *''Maria Stuart'' (1891) *''Christofer Columbus og Amerikas opdagelse'' (1892) *''Olav den Hellige'' (1893) *''Norges gamle Vaaben, Farver og Flag'' (1894) *''Snorre Sturlasons Norges Kongesagaer'' (1896–99) *''Dronning Margretes valg i i Norge'' (1900)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Storm, Gustav 1845 births 1903 deaths People from Rendalen 19th-century Norwegian historians Old Norse studies scholars University of Oslo faculty Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Commanders of the Order of Isabella the Catholic