 After the war had ended, Cleven returned to Norway to visit his family, travelling via Japan, India, China, the Suez Canal and other countries along the way.Cleven returned to Canada and re-settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba in April 1903 and began work as a photographer and musician.He married Margit Hoines, daughter of Lars Aadnesen Hoines and Maria Vaula of Skudenes, in a Lutheran ceremony on September 7, 1904.