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Halvard Storm (August 10, - May 7, ) was a 20th-century Norwegian artist.

Biography

Storm was born in Kristiania (Oslo) to professor Johan Storm and Louise Bruun and was christened on September 2, ^[1] He immigrated to the United States in and lived in the vibrant Norwegian-American enclave of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York.^[2] He married Martha Louise Trilseth (born May 29, , Eidsvoll, Norway) on February 10, , at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Brooklyn.^[3] Storm registered for the US World War I draft in September as all eligible men were required to register regardless of citizenship.^[4] In the s, he returned to Norway to live, but he traveled to the United States many times during subsequent decades.^[5] Storm's wife died on August 28, , and he later married Sigrid Roscher (). Storm died on May 7, , and is buried alongside his parents, three brothers, and both wives in Oslo's Vestre Gravlund.^[6]