Johan Peter Broust Fahlstrøm (1867–1938) was born in Trondheim, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. He was regarded as Norway's leading male actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 before World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. Fahlstrøm was also a theatre manager, and, together with his wife Alma

Alma Fahlstrøm

Alma Isabella Bosse was born in Denmark, and became a well known Norwegian actress and theatre manager together with her husband Johan Fahlstrøm.Their only son, Arne Fahlstrøm, drowned in the Titanic disaster...

, he ran the Fahlstrøm's Theatre in Christiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. This building is now the Eldorado cinema.

Their only son, Arne Fahlstrøm, died in the Titanic disaster.

As they had no other children, they willed their fortune to the Norwegian Sea Rescue Society, which used it to purchase a rescue boat that was given Arne's name.