Background
He was born in Bergen as a son of customs officer Werner Hosewinckel Christie (1785–1872) and Hansine Langsted (1802–1864).
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1872
He was born in Bergen as a son of customs officer Werner Hosewinckel Christie (1785–1872) and Hansine Langsted (1802–1864).
Christie was educated at Polytechnic School of Hannover from 1849 to 1852 and in Karlsruhe from 1852 to 1854, where he was a student of Friedrich Eisenlohr. He returned to Bergen in 1855, and then opened an architect"s office in Kristiania in 1858. He was commissioned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments, and through his work drawing remnants of medieval architecture, he became intimately familiar with such structures in Norway.
He led restoration and preservation of a number of important medieval structures, including Håkonshallen and Street Mary"s Church in Bergen.
He also designed several churches of his own, combining Neo-Gothic architecture with the stave church style, decades before stave church inspiration became widespread. Churches include New Borgund Church, erected between 1865 and 1868.
Haraldshaugen, a national monument in Haugesund, was raised in 1872 to commemorate the Battle of Hafrsfjord. His most important work was probably the restoration of the Nidaros Cathedral, which he nearly completed before dying.
His work here spanned the years from 1872 to 1906.
Christie also chaired the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments branch in Trondhjem. He did not marry, and died in September 1906 in Trondhjem.
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian attorney.
Hans Langsted Christie was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
Johan Koren Christie was a Norwegian writer. He was a notable nationalist writer in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Hartvig Caspar Christie was a Norwegian mineralogist and physicist.
Werner Hosewinkel Christie was a Norwegian agricultural researcher.
