Early Life, Family and Training Henrik Lund was born in Bergen, Norway, on 8 September 1879. He entered a family defined by disciplined artistic and military structures. His father, Lt.-Col. Henrik Louis Bull Lund, held a high-ranking military position, while his mother, Birgitte Theodora Carlsen, was a pianist and composer. This domestic environment of formal training was shared with his sister, the composer Signe Lund. While his early years were spent largely at sea, a path toward the visual arts emerged after he moved to Kristiania. He was influenced by the student Per Deberitz, whose con…