Håkon Christie
{{Short description|Norwegian architectural historian, antiquarian and author}}
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Håkon Andreas Christie (30 August 1922 – 14 December 2010) was a Norwegian architectural historian, 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 stave churches. Their research resulted in Norges Kirker which consisted of seven major volumes covering churches in Østfold, Akershus and Buskerud.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Håkon Christie|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|last=Torvanger|first=Åse Moe|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo| url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/H%C3%A5kon_Christie/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2010-12-20}}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Sigrid_Christie|title= Sigrid Christie|publisher= Store norske leksikon|accessdate= September 1, 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Norges_Kirker:Om|title= Om Norges Kirker |publisher = Norges Kirker |accessdate= August 1, 2017}}
Biography
Christie was born at Nannestad 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, Asker and Nannestad. His family resided in the minister's house by {{ill|Holter Church|no|Holter kirke}} in Nannestad. 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.{{cite web|url= http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwiki/H%C3%A5kon_Christie|title=Håkon Christie|publisher= Kunsthistorie|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url= https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=HACH&tab=Biography|title= Christie, Hartvig Caspar (1893-1959)|publisher = Stortinget |accessdate= August 1, 2017}}{{cite web |url= http://ovf.no/Prestebolig/Finn-prestebolig/Borg-bispedoemme/Nannestad-kapellanbolig-Holter |title= Nannestad kapellanbolig, Holter |publisher= Opplysningsvesenets fond |accessdate= August 1, 2017 |archive-date= September 1, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170901200426/http://ovf.no/Prestebolig/Finn-prestebolig/Borg-bispedoemme/Nannestad-kapellanbolig-Holter |url-status= dead }}
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.
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Håkon Christie was 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, Urnes Medal and Europa Nostra award.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/H%C3%A5kon_Christie|title= Håkon Christie|publisher = Store norske leksikon|accessdate= September 1, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=26857|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715142138/http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=26857|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2007|title=Norske medlemmer|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 January 2011}}{{cite web|url= http://www.groschmedaljen.no/node/15|title= Håkon Christie, 2005|publisher= Groschmedaljen|accessdate= August 1, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Sigrid Marie Bing Christie graduated from the University of Oslo in 1949 with a master's degree in art history. From 1950 to 1970, she was a research fellow with the Norwegian Research Council. 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 Ph.D. 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).{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/riksarkivar
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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 in Oslo.{{cite web|url= http://www.begravdeioslo.no/maler/grav/grave_id/105160|title= Ullern kirkegård |publisher = Gravferdsetaten i Oslo kommune|accessdate= August 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url= https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Ullern_kirkeg%C3%A5rd|title= Ullern kirkegård|publisher = lokalhistoriewiki.no|accessdate= August 1, 2017}}
Selected works
- Christie, Håkon & Sigrid (1959) Norges kirker
- Christie, Håkon & Sigrid (1969) Norges kirker Akershus
- 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
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Related reading
- Christie, Sigrid and Håkon (1981) Norges kirker (Oslo: Gyldendal) {{ISBN|978-8205131248}}
- Christie, Sigrid (1973) Den lutherske ikonografi i Norge inntil 1800 (Oslo: Land og kirke) {{ISBN|978-8207000016}}
External links
- [http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Hovedside Norges Kirker website]
- [http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwiki/Kategori:H%C3%A5kon_Christie,_bilder Drawings by Håkon Christie]
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