Halfdan Strøm (4 November 1863 – 28 March 1949) was a Norwegian painter and an early representative of

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in Norwegian painting. He attended the Royal Drawing School in Christiania (nor 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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