Johan Koren Christie (air force officer)

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Johan Koren Christie (23 July 1909 – 5 July 1995) was a Norwegian engineer and air force officer, who reached the rank of major general in the Royal Norwegian Air Force.[1]

Personal life

He was born in

Werner Hosewinckel Christie and a grandnephew of politician Hans Langsted Christie and Christian Christie.[3] He was a second cousin of Jacob Christie Kielland.[2]

In 1939, he married Gustava Kielland Winsnes (1910–1993).[2] They had the son Werner Christie, a politician.[3]

Career

Christie took his

fighting
near Kongsvinger between 13 and 17 April.

He joined a group which retreated north. After learning that

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
.

He then headed the Repatriation Office, which tracked and rescued Norwegian concentration camp prisoners as Germany lost the war. He was decorated with the

Cross of Merit.[2]

After the war, he held both civil and military jobs. From 1946 to 1949, he worked for

Accident Investigation Board Norway.[4] He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1959 and major general in 1963.[2]

He was also a member of the gentlemen's skiing club SK Fram from 1961.[5] As a pensioner he was involved in the peace movement, in the groups Generaler og admiraler for fred ('Generals and Admirals for Peace') and Generaler og admiraler mot atomvåpen ('Generals and Admirals against Nuclear Arms').

He died in July 1995 at the family farm in Vang.[2]

References

  1. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Henriksen, Vera. "Johan Christie". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  3. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original
    on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  5. ^ Qvale, Fredrik, ed. (1989). Skiklubben Fram 100 år (in Norwegian). pp. 9–11.
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