Tonje Strøm (20 April 1937 – 2 November 2010) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. She was born in

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as a daughter of physician Roar Strøm (1901–1958) and Ingeborg Andersen (1901–1966). She was married to sculptor

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, but the marriage was dissolved in 1978. She took her education at the

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. She was employed as an illustrator in the

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'' between 1973 and 1983, and also wrote designs for the anti-nuclear movement. She also illustrated children's books.

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1937 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Norwegian illustrators 21st-century Norwegian illustrators 20th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian women painters 21st-century Norwegian painters Norwegian magazine illustrators Norwegian children's book illustrators Norwegian women children's book illustrators Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni {{norway-artist-stub