Christian Christoph Andreas Lange

Christian Christoph Andreas Lange (13 August 1810 – 10 May 1861) was a Norwegian historian and archivist.

Lange was born in Bærum. After his examen artium he started studying theology and took his comprehensive exam in theology in 1833. but he died shortly before the first volume was published. As the national archivist, Lange strove to organize and structure the archives. He also established the Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon 1814–1856 (Encyclopedia of Norwegian Authors, 1814–1856) together with Jens Edvard Kraft, published in 1863.

A street in Oslo, Langes gate, is named after Lange. Lange had nine children and many further descendants. Among his descendants are his grandson Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938), a 1921 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and his great-grandsons Halvard Lange (1902–1970), a politician and diplomat, and August Lange (1907–1970), an educator and cultural attaché. Lange's granddaughter, Ellen Lous Lange, was married to the writer Johan Bojer (1872–1959), and they were the great-grandparents of the folk singer and actor Odd Nordstoga (born 1972), according to the documentary and genealogy series Hvem tror du at du er?

Works De norske Klostres Historie i Middelalderen (The History of the Norwegian Monasteries in the Middle Ages; 1845–1847, second revised edition 1856)