Personal life

Torgrim Castberg was born in Skien

Skien

' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....

 as the son of customs surveyor and politician Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg

Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg

Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg was a Norwegian politician. Spending his professional life as a customs surveyor, he was mayor of the cities Brevik and Skien, and served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament...

 (1827–1899) and his wife Hanna Magdalene Frisak Ebbesen (1839–1881). He had several brothers and sisters, including the notable politician Johan

Johan Castberg

Johan Castberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician best known for representing the Radical People's Party . He was a government minister from 1908 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914, and also served seven terms in the Norwegian Parliament...

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His paternal grandfather Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg

Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg

Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg was a Norwegian priest and politician.-Personal life:Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg was born in Bergen as the son of Tycho Didrich Castberg and his wife Helene Margaretha Calmeyer . He had several brothers and sisters.Johan Castberg married Anne Margrethe Zimmer Henchel...

 was a priest and politician. In addition, Torgrim was a first cousin of sculptor Oscar Ambrosius Castberg

Oscar Ambrosius Castberg

Oscar Ambrosius Castberg was a Norwegian painter and sculptor.He was born in Bygland. His father, physician Tycho Fredrik Edvard Castberg, was the oldest living son of Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg. As such Oscar Ambrosius Castberg was the nephew of Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg and first...

. On the maternal side he was a grandson of Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen

Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen

Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen was born in Fredrikstad as the son of Hans Christian Ebbesen and Abigael Marie Bing ....

 and nephew of Just Bing Ebbesen

Just Bing Ebbesen

Just Bing Ebbesen was a Norwegian priest and politician.Just Bing Ebbesen was the son of Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, and brother of Hanna Magdalene Frisak Ebbesen, who married Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg and was the mother of Johan Castberg.He enrolled as a student in 1866 and graduated as...

, both of whom were involved in politics too.

Torgrim Castberg married Ida Anker in 1896. Their son Johan Christian became a noted illustrator. Through Johan Castberg, Torgrim was the uncle of professor Frede Castberg

Frede Castberg

Frede Castberg was a Norwegian jurist. The son of Johan Castberg, he served as professor and rector at the University of Oslo as well as president of the Hague Academy of International Law.-Personal life:...

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Career

From 1900 Torgrim Castberg was a concert master in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions. It performs some 110 concerts a year, and is based at the 1,500-seat Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.-History:...

. In 1928 he established the Music Academy in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

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He died in 1928 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

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