Christopher Morgenstierne Munthe (1875 – 1939) was a Norwegian genealogist.

He was a son of Colonel and historian Hartvig Andreas Munthe

Hartvig Andreas Munthe

Hartvig Andreas Munthe was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and genealogist.-Personal life:He was born in Elverum as a son of physician Christopher Pavels Munthe . He was an older brother of painter Gerhard Munthe, writer Margrethe Munthe and historian and military officer Carl Oscar Munthe...

 (1845–1905). He was also a grandnephew of historian and cartographer Gerhard Munthe, a nephew of painter Gerhard Munthe

Gerhard Munthe (painter)

Gerhard Peter Frantz Munthe was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.-Background:Munthe was born in Elverum to physician Christopher Pavels Munthe and his wife Christine Margrethe Pavels Aabel . He was a brother of historian Hartvig Andreas Munthe, writer Margrethe Munthe and military officer...

, writer Margrethe Munthe

Margrethe Munthe

Margrethe Aabel Munthe was a Norwegian teacher, children's writer, songwriter and playwright.-Personal life:Margrethe Munthe was born in Elverum as the daughter of physician Christopher Pavels Munthe and Christine Margrethe Pavels Aabel...

 and Major General Carl Oscar Munthe

Carl Oscar Munthe

-Personal life:He was born in Elverum as a son of physician Christopher Pavels Munthe . He was a younger brother of historian and military officer Hartvig Andreas Munthe, painter Gerhard Munthe and writer Margrethe Munthe...

, and a first cousin of librarian Wilhelm Munthe

Wilhelm Munthe

Abraham Wilhelm Støren Munthe was a Norwegian librarian. He worked at the University Library of Oslo from 1903 to 1953.-Personal life:...

 and painter Lagertha Munthe

Lagertha Munthe

Lagertha Munthe was a Norwegian painter.She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Olaf Andreas Jens Wilhelm Munthe...

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Before 1926 he was, together with Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn

Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn

Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn was a Norwegian genealogist.He was born in Risør as the son of engineer Samuel Grønn and Jacobine Finne . In October 1900 he married Margrethe Borchgrevink , a daughter of Sofie Borchgrevink...

 and Erik Andreas Thomle, a co-editor of the periodical Norsk tidsskrift for genealogi, personalhistorie, biografi og litteraturhistorie. This was Norway's first periodical on genealogy

Genealogy

Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...

. In 1926 he was among the founders of the Norwegian Genealogical Society

Norwegian Genealogical Society

Norwegian Genealogical Society is a genealogical society in Oslo, Norway.It was founded on 22 October 1926 as the first exclusively Norwegian genealogical society. Among the founders were Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn, Christoffer Morgenstierne Munthe and Sigurd Segelcke Meidell...

. The organization launched a new periodical, Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift.