Steinar Sulheim (1815–1856) was a Norwegian farmer and mountain tourism pioneer. He is known for the first recorded ascent of

Galdhøpiggen Galdhøpiggen () is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The mountain is located in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain si ...

in 1850, along with Ingebrigt Flotten and Lars Arnesen. He was also one of the first people in Norway to commercialise mountain hiking and guided tours of the region. Sulheim had a farm in Bøverdalen, called Sulheim. (Thereby his name) He was also the owner of the mountain farm Spiterstulen in

Visdalen Visdalen is a valley in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The long valley lies on the southeast side of the Bøverdalen valley. The valley begins at the mountain Kyrkja in the Jotunheimen mountains, just south of the mountain Galdhø ...

, where he built an annex for providing lodging for visitors to

Jotunheimen Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, in ...

. Sulheim died in 1856, at the age of 41. Around 1860 his widow sold the farm in Bøverdalen and the Spiterstulen mountain farm to Rolv Larsen, who adopted the name Rolv Sulheim, and whose descendants developed Spiterstulen further for tourists.

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1815 births 1856 deaths People from Lom, Norway Norwegian farmers Norwegian mountain climbers Galdhøpiggen Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-bio-stub