| William Christianson | |
| Birth Name: | William Christian Christianson |
| Birth Date: | December 5, 1892 |
| Death Date: | May 27, 1985 (aged 92) |
| Birth Place: | Moody County, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Red Wing, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Office: | Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court |
| Term End: | January 1947 |
| Term Start: | March 1946 |
| Predecessor: | Luther Youngdahl |
| Appointer: | Edward John Thye |
| Education: | Highland Park College (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
William Christian Christianson (December 5, 1892 - May 27, 1985) was an American jurist. He was one of the judges at the Nuremberg Military Tribunals.[1]
Christianson was born in Moody County, South Dakota. He was the son of Christian O. Christianson (1857–1937) and Karen (Holter) Christianson (1862–1936).[2] Christianson went to school in Austin, Minnesota, and Jasper, Minnesota. He earned a bachelor's degree from Highland Park College and then received his Juris Doctor from University of Chicago Law School in 1920.
Christianson was assistant county attorney for Goodhue County, Minnesota and Red Wing, Minnesota city attorney. Christianson served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from March 1946 to January 1947. In 1948 and 1949, Christianson was one of the judges of the Subsequent Nuremberg trials. In 1949, Christianson was appointed a Minnesota District Court judge for the first district and served until his retirement in 1963.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Christianson was married to Myrtle Lorenz who died in 1977. Christianson died in Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1985. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Goodhue County, Minnesota.[7]