Gitte Christensen

1953 - 2026

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About Gitte

By Morten Kromberg

It was always Gitte who delivered the speeches, while I sat at the table and admired her ability to find the right words on any occasion. But I won’t get away with that today.

I feel that I am one of the world’s luckiest people, because I was allowed 42 years in Gitte’s company.

Gitte created environments at home and at work which helped people find the best in themselves. She constantly encouraged us to become better. She demanded it – but was fair and constructive, and with the occasional mischievous grin.

She was ready to help when needed, whether you had a Master or PhD thesis that needed review, a pork belly in the oven that needed the final touch, or you wanted to start and run a business in Russia, Serbia, or the USA.

Her work delivered:

  • Wonderful kids, with friends who often decided to hang out in our house, because of the relaxed atmosphere.
  • Wonderful grandkids, who loved spending time in grandma’s house. As Adrian puts it: Only grandma understands about salt in pasta.
  • Wonderful colleagues at work, in the companies that Gitte has managed. Several of them are here today.
  • Wonderful relationships with many customers, who often ended up as close friends or even honorary members of the family. Carlo Spinicci, who was the managing director of a major client before he retired, hopped on a plane from Milan to spend a couple of days at our house during Gitte’s last week.
  • Many other friends from Gitte’s work in parent board at the kindergarden, the boat owner’s guild, the aqua aerobics ladies, and so on.

Many of these relationships were cemented by one of Gitte’s legendary gourmet dinners.

Gitte managed to stay in control, with constructive positive attitude – and a spark in her eye – to the very end. During her last week:

  • After a meeting where Gitte explained her intentions with respect to inheritance, a young man from the bank told us that he found the meeting inspiring.
  • The parting comment from the senior nurse who had attended her regularly during the last week was that her team had looked forward to knocking on our door because of the positive energy in the house, even in the darkest moments.

Gitte has helped many, many people. I was lucky to have her help for 42 years.

Thank You, Gitte.

Om Gitte

Af Morten Kromberg

Det var altid Gitte som holdt talerne, mens jeg sad ved bordet og beundrede hendes evner til at finde en passende bemærkning ved enhver anledning. Men så nemt slipper jeg ikke idag.

Jeg føler mig som et af verdens heldigste mennesker, fordi jeg fik 42 år sammen med Gitte.

Gitte skabte miljøer, både hjemme og på arbejde, hvor folk kunne få det bedste ud af sig selv. Hun stillede også krav til at vi gjorde det – hun var ikke altid sød – men fair og konstruktiv, og med et glimt i øjet.

Hun var parat til at hjælpe når der var brug for det, om du så havde en Master-afhandling eller PhD der skulle gennemlæses, en flæskesteg i ovnen der manglede det sidste, eller du skulle etablere og drive en virksomhed i Rusland, Serbien eller USA.

Det gav os:

  • Dejlige børn, med venner som ofte valgte at hænge ud hos os, fordi der var højt til loftet.
  • Dejlige børnebørn, som elskede at være i mormors hus. Som Adrian siger: det er kun mormor, der forstår det med salt i pastaen.
  • Dejlige og glade medarbejdere, der hvor Gitte har været chef – flere af dem er her idag.
  • Til og med dejlige kundeforhold – selv kunderne endte tit op som nære venner. Carlo Spinicci, som var øverste chef hos een af vores største kunder, hoppede i en flyver fra Milano, og var i vort hus i et par dage i Gittes sidste uge.
  • Mange andre gode venner fra Gittes virke i forældrenævn, bådforeningen, svømmedamerne, og andre foreninger.

Mange af disse forhold blev cementeret af Gittes legendariske måltider.

Gitte bevarede den konstruktive holdning, med et glimt i øjet, til det aller sidste. Det gjorde det meget nemmere for os igennem hele sygdomsforløbet. I hendes sidste uge oplevede vi:

  • En bankmand, der efter mødet hvor Gitte forklarede sine tanker om arv, udtalte at han synes at mødet havde været inspirerende.
  • En sygeplejerske, der efter Gittes død fortalte os at hun og kollegerne havde glædet sig til at banke på vores dør, på grund af den positive energi i huset, selv i den allersværeste tid.

Gittes har skubbet mange, mange mennesker i en god retning. Og jeg er een af dem, der har fået mest hjælp til at blive den bedste mulige udgave af mig selv – i 42 år.

Tak, Gitte.

I’m looking for a hard headed woman
One who’ll take me for myself
And if I find my hard headed woman
I won’t need nobody else, no, no, no
I’m looking for a hard headed woman
One who’ll make me do my best
And if I find my hard headed woman
I know the rest of my life will be blessed, yes, yes, yes

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