Håkon Christie

Håkon Christie at left with Danish museum director Olaf H. Olsen (born 1928) at right. Photo by Åsgeir Valldal of Dagbladet, 1962.
Håkon Christie's drawing of Haltdalen stave church.

Håkon Andreas Christie (30 August 1922 – 14 December 2010) was a Norwegian architect, antiquarian and author. He and his wife, Sigrid Marie Christie (1923-2004) worked from 1950 on the history of Norwegian church architecture, particularly stave churches. Their research resulted in seven major volumes about the churches in Østfold, Akershus and Buskerud.[1] [2]

Christie was born at Nannestad in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of Hartvig Caspar Christie (1893-1959) and Elisabeth Theodora Stabell (1898-1977). He participated in the resistance during Nazi occupation of Norway and in 1945 he entered the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim, where he graduated in 1949. [3]

As a student, he worked as assistant to the architect Gerhard Fischer. He continued as an assistant to Fischer from 1950 and was hired as building historical consultant / research fellow at the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage project on Norwegian Norway's churches. From 1970, he was an antiquarian until he retired in 1991. [4]

He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He was appointed a Knight of the 1st Class in the Order of St Olaf and was awarded the Grosch medal and Europa Nostra award.[5][6][7]

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ Torvanger, Åse Moe. "Håkon Christie". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ↑ "Sigrid Christie". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Håkon Christie". Kunsthistorie. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hans-Emil Lidén (7 April 2011). "Minnetale over arkitekt Håkon Christie". Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Håkon Christie". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Norske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Håkon Christie". Lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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