Halfdan Strøm (4 November 1863 – 28 March 1949) was a Norwegian painter and an early representative of realism in Norwegian painting. He attended the Royal Drawing School in

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(now Oslo). In 1883, he debuted at the Industrial and Art Exhibition at Tullinløkka, site of the Norwegian Geographical Survey in Oslo. During the period 1883–84, he was in

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. During 1884, he participated in an outdoor academy conducted by

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. In 1889, he entered two paintings at the

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in Paris and achieved an honorable mention. Later Strøm earned gold medals at the World Exhibition of Paris in 1900, as well as international exhibits in

in 1901 and

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in 1915. Strøm was a professor at the

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from 1909 to 1935, and Director there from 1924.''Norges Geografiske Oppmåling'' (Store norske leksikon 2005 - 2007)
/ref> Strøm was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1910, and was a Commander of the Danish

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. He is represented in the

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with several paintings, including ''Fra Arbeidersamfunnets kafé i Torvgaten''(1888), ''Emil Hannover'' (1899) and ''Fra Grøntbasaren'' (1905).

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1863 births 1949 deaths Painters from Oslo 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian male artists {{Norway-painter-stub