He was born in Kristiania as a son of wholesaler Thomas Andreas Schram (1835-1890) and Mathilde Just (1850-1901) [REF].
In 1912 he married writer Constance Wiel Nygaard (1890-1955), a daughter of book publisher William Martin Nygaard[REF] and sister of book publisher Mads Wiel Nygaard.