Kristiansen
Encyclopedia
Kristiansen kʁisˈtjænsn̩ is a Danish
and Norwegian
patronymic
surname
. For etymology
- see Christiansen
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. For etymology
Etymology
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- see Christiansen
Christiansen
Christiansen is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christian. The spelling variant Kristiansen has identical prononciation...
People
- Egil KristiansenEgil KristiansenEgil Kristiansen was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2001. He finished eighth in the 30 km event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer....
, Norwegian cross country skier - Einar KristiansenEinar KristiansenEinar Kristiansen was a Norwegian nordic skiing athlete who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1908.-References:* - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file...
, Norwegian nordic skiing athlete - Einstein KristiansenEinstein KristiansenØistein Kristiansen, formerly known under his artist name Einstein Kristiansen , is a Norwegian cartoonist, designer, TV-host and co-founder of Singapore-based Earthtree Pte Ltd, who together with his two business partners Henry Steed and Mark Hillman, produces children's television programming,...
, Norwegian cartoonist, designer, TV-host - Elin KristiansenElin KristiansenElin Kristiansen is a former biathlete from Norway. She won two individual World Championships medals, one in 1988 when she won silver at the 10 km event and a bronze in 1990 from the sprint event...
, Norwegian biathlete - Fredrik Kristiansen, co-creator of the BlinkBlink (community)Dagbladet.no Blink is one of the largest online community in Norway with over 350,000 active members . It was created by Fredrik Kristiansen and Morten Mitch Larød, and released February 1, 2002. Over the following two years, the community became twice as popular as any other Norwegian community....
online community - Gro Marit Istad KristiansenGro Marit Istad KristiansenGro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...
, Norwegian biathlete - Henry Wilhelm KristiansenHenry Wilhelm KristiansenHenry Wilhelm Kristiansen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Communist Party. He served as party chairman from 1931 to 1934, and then as editor-in-chief of the party organ Arbeideren from 1934 until 1940...
, Norwegian newspaper editor and Communist Party politician (1902-1942) - Ingrid KristiansenIngrid KristiansenIngrid Kristiansen née Christensen , was one of the best female long distance runners in the second half of the 1980s. She finished in fourth place in the first women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Career:Kristiansen started her career quite unremarkably, running 2:30 - 2:40...
, Norwegian long distance runner - Jan KristiansenJan KristiansenJan Kristiansen is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brøndby IF. Kristiansen has played 11 matches for the Denmark national football team....
, Danish footballer - Jan Arne Kristiansen, rock musician with the band Raga RockersRaga RockersRaga Rockers is a Norwegian rock band from Oslo with Michael Krohn on vocals. The band was formed in 1982 by front man Michael Krohn. The other members were Livio Aiello on bass, Bruno Hovden on guitar, Jan Arne Kristiansen on drums, Tore Berg on guitar, Hugo Alvarstein on keyboards, and Nils Aune...
- John 'Tune' KristiansenJohn 'Tune' KristiansenJohn 'Tune' Kristiansen is a Danish professional Association football manager, currently working as head coach of Boldklubben Frem....
Danish soccer manager - Kåre KristiansenKåre KristiansenKåre Gudbrand Kristiansen was a Norwegian politician active in the Christian People's Party. Noted as a conservative within his own party, he was known to take controversial positions at odds with the prevailing consensus.Kristiansen was born in Bergen, the son of a lay preacher. Both his parents...
, Norwegian politician - Kjartan KristiansenKjartan KristiansenKjartan Kristiansen is the guitarist and backing vocals in the Norwegian band DumDum Boys, and he is also the lyricist and main songwriter.-References:...
, Norwegian rock musician - Kjeld Kirk KristiansenKjeld Kirk KristiansenKjeld Kirk Kristiansen was the president and CEO of LEGO between 1979 and 2004.-Biography:Kjeld was born 27 December 1947 in Billund, Denmark. His father, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen worked with his grandfather, Ole Kirk Christiansen, in the family business: LEGO. As a child, he often inspired...
, Danish businessman, former CEO of LEGO (1979-2004) - Sven Erik KristiansenSven Erik KristiansenSven Erik Kristiansen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the former vocalist in the black metal band Mayhem under the stage name Maniac.-Personal life:...
, Norwegian musician known as "Maniac", a black metal musician - Teddy KristiansenTeddy KristiansenTeddy Kristiansen is a Danish comic book artist. The artistic style he uses for comic books is unique and seems to touch upon the German expressionist painters of the late 19th century. Teddy Kristiansen is a natural at illustrating mystery, horror, and dark, suspense-filled comics. Among his...
, Danish comic book artist.