Joachim Grieg donated the former residence to the municipality of Fana. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from 1906 to 1909, representing the Liberal Left Party. In 1879, he married Henriette Juliane Lehmkuhl (1858-1937), daughter of merchant Joachim Ehrenreich Lehmkuhl (1822-1905) and Juliane Sophie Hammer (1819-1893). He was the brother of John Grieg (1856-1905); uncle of Sigurd Jebsen Grieg (1894-1973); cousin of Edvard Grieg (1843-1907); brother-in-law of Kristofer Lehmkuhl (1855-1949). Joachim Grieg was appointed Knight of the 1st Class Order of St. Olav in 1905, won the Commander Cross of 2nd class in 1910 and had several foreign orders. Joachim
Edvard Grieg – mennesket og kunstneren Edvard Grieg – mennesket og kunstneren Edvard Grieg – mennesket og kunstneren ("Edvard Grieg. The Man and the Artist") is a biography of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, written by Finn Benestad and Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe in 1980. The book treats the life and works of Edvard Grieg, and includes a comprehensive list of Grieg's works with incipits. The book earned Benestad and Schjelderup-Ebbe the "Edvard Grieg Prize" in 1981. The biography, originally written in Norwegian language, was translated into Russian in 1986 by Nicolay Mochov. An English edition, "Edvard Grieg. The Man and the Artist", came in 1988, translated by William