[4] Leif Størmer attended school in Kristiania, and became interested in paleontology and geology.

One year later, he took his dissertation Skandinaviske Trinucleidae, which introduced numerous publications on the construction, nature and development of the trilobite.

[5] During the Second World War, Størmer participated in the Norwegian resistance movement as a treasurer for Milorg.

[1] Størmer also had positions in several Norwegian and international organisations in science after the war.

[2] He participated in Statens lønnskommisjon av 1946 ("The State's Wage Commission of 1946") and in the committee that prepared the Norwegian law of nature conservation (1956).

[1] He was also involved in the insurance business as a supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Norden.