Johan Koren Christie

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. Personal life He was born in Vang, Hedmark as a son of professor Werner Hosewinckel Christie (1877–1927) and Karen Amalie Wedel-Jarlsberg (1886–1952). He was a brother of pianist Amalie Christie and officer Werner Hosewinckel Christie and a grandnephew of politician Hans Langsted Christie and Christian Christie. He was a second cousin of Jacob Christie Kielland. In 1939, he married Gustava Kielland Winsnes (1910–1993). They had the son Werner Christie, a politician. Career