Kaare Strøm (limnologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian limnologist
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Place of Birth: Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway
About Kaare Strøm (limnologist)
- Kaare Knutsson Münster Strøm (from 1949 only Kaare Strøm; 23 July 1902 – 28 February 1967) was a Norwegian limnologist. He was born in Nord-Aurdal as a son of pharmacist Knut Thorstensen Strøm (1863–1938) and his wife Marianne Münster (1870–1943).
- He was a grandson of Christian Münster.
- He grew up in Kristiania, finished his secondary education at Frogner already in 1918, and began as a private student of Nordal Wille.
- He took the dr.philos.
- degree at the Royal Frederick University in 1927 on the thesis Norwegian Mountain Algae.
- He spent some time studying under August Thienemann, and was a research fellow at the university from 1931 to 1936.
- He was promoted to docent in 1939 and professor in 1948.
- At first he was a professor in physical geography and limnology, but from 1962 only in limnology.
- Strøm chaired the Norwegian Biological Society from 1934 to 1935, the Norwegian Geographical Association from 1944 to 1945 and the Norwegian Geographical Society from 1948 to 1949.
- He became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1943.Strøm was married to banker's daughter Agathe Hvistendahl from 1929 to 1949, and then to Kari Thorsen from December 1949.
- He died in February 1967 in Århus, where he had a tenure as guest scholar.
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