1. Gustav Storm was a Norwegian historian, a professor at the Royal Frederick University in Christiania from 1877.
12 Facts About Gustav Storm
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Gustav Storm was a driving force in the research of Scandinavian history and literature of the Middle Ages.
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When Gustav Storm was five years old, his father died, and the family subsequently moved to Christiania.
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Gustav Storm was a brother of linguist Johan Storm and a cousin of zoologist Vilhelm Storm.
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Gustav Storm studied philology at the Royal Frederick University in Christiania, graduating as cand.
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Gustav Storm then worked as teacher for some years, and carried out research in the fields philology and history.
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Gustav Storm became a central person in history research and education at the university.
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Gustav Storm is regarded one of the most important investigators of primary sources in the science of history in Norway.
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Gustav Storm chaired the society for primary sources, Kildeskriftforeningen, from 1886 to 1903, and the Norwegian Historical Association from 1899 to 1903.
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Gustav Storm was secretary general of the learned society, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1884 to 1903.
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Gustav Storm was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav in 1891, and Commander, First Class in 1901.
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Gustav Storm was a Commander, Second Class of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic, and Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.