Kirsti Koch Christensen (born December 1, 1940) is a Norwegian linguist that served as chancellor of the University of Bergen from 1999 to 2005.
[citation needed] Koch Christensen has held a variety of executive and board positions, both in academia and in society and business.
She has also served as chair of the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL) since 2003, as chair and director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (Norwegian: Nordisk institutt for Asiastudier), and as a member of the executive board of the Research Council of Norway.
Koch Christensen has also held directorships in the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (Norwegian: Nasjonalt institutt for ernærings- og sjømatforskning, NIFES), the Bergen International Festival, the publisher Gyldendal, and Statoil.
[citation needed] On April 3, 2003, Koch Christensen was made a Knight 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.