Amalie Christie

Amalie Christie (21 December 1913 – 4 March 2010) was a Norwegian classical pianist, author and anthroposophist.

Personal life She was born in Vang Municipality in Hedmark as a daughter of professor Werner Hosewinckel Christie (1877–1927) and Baroness Karen Amalie Wedel-Jarlsberg (1886–1952). She was a sister of Generals Johan and Werner Christie, a grandniece of politician Hans Langsted Christie and Christian Christie, an aunt of Werner Christie and a second cousin of Jacob Christie Kielland and Else Christie Kielland.

Between 1944 and 1947 she was married to Robert Riefling. She died in March 2010. She became especially known for a debate about the song Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli, the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. Songwriter Arne Bendiksen was summoned to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation studio for a televised debate, which was extended to two more debates. In the third debate, Christie was present to attack the vulgarity of Bendiksen's work, and she called him a "vampire". Christie was then told by revue artist and popular singer Elisabeth Granneman to "shut it"; the debate ended with Christie receiving treatment with smelling salts.

Books Mennesket og musikken, 1948 Beethoven, 1970 Beethovens brev og notater, 1999 Vi spiller fra hånd til hånd, 2006

Literature Ingeborg Solbrekken: Med empati som våpen : Amalie Christies kamp mot deportasjon og rettsoppgjør, 2004

TV documentary Musikken framfor alt : et møte med Amalie Christie, directed by Ingeranna Krohn Nydal, 2000