Håkon Christie
Håkon Andreas Christie (30 August 1922 – 14 December 2010) was a Norwegian architect, antiquarian and author. He and his wife, Sigrid Marie Christie, worked from 1950 on the history of Norwegian church architecture, particularly stave churches.[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. 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. He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, was appointed a Knight of the 1st Class in the Order of St Olaf and was awarded the Grosch medal.[3][4][5]
Selected works
- Christie, Håkon (1974) Middelalderen bygger i tre (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget) ISBN 82-00-01395-2
- Christie, Håkon (1981) Stavkirkene – Arkitektur i Norges kunsthistorie (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget) ISBN 82-05-12265-2
- Christie, Håkon (2009) Urnes stavkirke : den nåværende kirken på Urnes (Oslo: Pax forlag) ISBN 978-82-530-3245-0
References
- ↑ Torvanger, Åse Moe. "Håkon Christie". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ↑ "Sigrid Christie". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Håkon Christie". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Norske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ↑ "Håkon Christie". Lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
Other sources
- Christie, Sigrid and Håkon (1981) Norges kirker (Oslo: Gyldendal) ISBN 978-8205131248