Håkon Andreas Christie (30 August 1922 – 14 December 2010) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

architectural historian An architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it. Professional requirements As many architectural historians are employed at universities and other facilities ...

, antiquarian and author. Together with his wife, Sigrid Marie Christie (18 April 1923 - 16 May 2004) he worked from 1950 on the history of Norwegian church architecture, particularly

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es. Their research resulted in ''Norges Kirker'' which consisted of seven major volumes covering churches in

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, Akershus and

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Biography

Christie was born at

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in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of Hartvig Caspar Christie (1893-1959) and his wife Elisabeth Theodora Stabell (1898-1977). His father was a Provost who supervised Church of Norway parishes in Akershus including Østre Bærum, Høvik,

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and Nannestad. His family resided in the minister's house by in Nannestad. He participated in the resistance during

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and in 1945 he entered the Norwegian Institute of Technology in

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, where he graduated in 1949. 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 churches. From 1970, he was an antiquarian until he retired in 1991. He was a researcher from 1994 at the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research. Håkon Christie was a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

and the

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. He was appointed a Knight of the 1st Class in the Order of St Olaf and was awarded the Grosch medal, Urnes Medal and Europa Nostra award. Sigrid Marie Bing Christie graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1949 with a master's degree in art history. From 1950 to 1970, she was a research fellow with the

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. She was a member of the Liturgy Commission of 1965 (''Liturgikommisjonen av 1965'') which undertake a comprehensive revision of the Liturgy of the Church of Norway. She was employed in the National Archives (''Riksantivar'') from 1970. In 1974, she earned her

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. She was a co-editor of the Norwegian Artists Lexicon (''Norsk kunstnerleksikon'') from 1978 to 1986. In 1988 Sigrid Christie became a knight of St. Olav's Order and in 1999 she received the Urnes medal (''Urnes-medaljen''). Sigrid Christie died in 2004 and Håkon Christie in 2010. Both Håkon and Sigrid Christie were buried in the churchyard of Ullern Church in the district of

Ullern Ullern is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. History The borough has its name from an old farm, Norse ''Ullarin''. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the Norse god Ullr. The last element is ''vin'', meaning pasture or mea ...

in Oslo.

Selected works

*Christie, Håkon & Sigrid (1959) ''Norges kirker'' *Christie, Håkon & Sigrid (1969) ''Norges kirker Akershus'' *Christie, Håkon (1974) ''Middelalderen bygger i tre'' (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget) * Christie, Håkon (1981) ''Stavkirkene – Arkitektur i Norges kunsthistorie'' (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget) *Christie, Håkon (2009) ''Urnes stavkirke : den nåværende kirken på Urnes'' (Oslo: Pax forlag)

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Norges Kirker websiteDrawings by Håkon Christie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christie, Hakon 1922 births 2010 deaths People from Nannestad Architects from Oslo Norwegian architectural historians Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian antiquarians Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Norwegian resistance members

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