Career
With this he was a European record holder for a period, beating the old mark by Vilho Tuulos by one centimetre. Strøm also had a 15.82 metres jump in September 1939 in Gothenburg, albeit with an illegal wind assistance of about 8 m/son Foreign comparison, 15.49 metres is better than the gold medal-winning results at the 1934, 1938, 1946 and 1950 European Athletics Championships, and also better than the winning result at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
His result was a Norwegian record until Odd Bergh jumped 15.63 metres in 1962.
Then, no Norwegian championships were staged until 1946 because of World World War World War II Then, no Norwegian championships were staged until 1946. Strøm was a pharmacist by profession.