Background
Johan Fahlstrøm was born in Trondheim, Norway.
Johan Fahlstrøm was born in Trondheim, Norway.
He debuted as an actor at the Christiania Theatre in 1887 in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Fahlström was employed at Christiania Theater from 1887-1897 and at the National Theatre from 1899-1903. In 1889, Johan Fahlstrøm was married to actress Alma Isabella Bosse, who was the sister of actress Harriet Bosse and sociologist, Ewald Bosse.
In 1897, the couple opened Centralteatret in Christiania (now Oslo) with both concert and vaudeville venues.
From 1902, Harald Otto (1865-1928) was the theater manager and owner. Fahlstrøm featured a farewell performance of The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen in 1911 after which he decided to retire from the stage.
The couple"s only child, Arne Jonas Fahlstrøm, was born in 1893. He died in the Titanic disaster in 1912.