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Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

and Norwegian patronymic

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, literally meaning ''son of Christian''. The spelling variant Kristiansen has identical pronunciation. Christiansen is the sixteenth most common name in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

, but is shared by less than 1% of the population.Navne TOP-20 for hele Danmarks befolkning pr. 1. januar 2007 - Danmarks Statistik
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Christiansen and Kristiansen in

and

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

(2007): Immigrants to

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

-speaking countries sometimes have changed the spelling to

Christianson Christianson is a patronymic surname and an anglicized form of the Danish/Norwegian Christiansen. Christianson, as a person, may refer to: * Adolph M. Christianson (1877–1954), Norwegian-born former Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court ...

or Kristianson.

Notable people with the surname Christiansen

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* Alex Christiansen (1925–2010), Norwegian architect * Anders Christiansen (born 1990), Dutch footballer *

Anders Baasmo Christiansen Anders Baasmo (born 29 January 1976) is a Norwegian actor originally from Hamar. Baasmo graduated from the Norwegian Acting Academy in 2000. He started his professional career at the Trøndelag Teater in Trondheim, Norway. He later joined the ...

(born 1976), Norwegian actor * Anna Grace Christiansen (born 1985), American cyclist * Annika Christiansen (born 1994), Faroese footballer * Arne Christiansen (1926–2012), Norwegian judge *

Arthur Christiansen Arthur Robin Christiansen (27 July 1904 – 27 September 1963) was a British journalist, and editor of Lord Beaverbrook's newspaper the '' Daily Express'' from 1933 to 1957. Christiansen was born in Wallasey, Cheshire to Louis Niels Chris ...

(1904–1963), English journalist *

Asger Lund Christiansen Asger Lund Christiansen (1927–1998) was a Danish cellist and composer. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, graduating in 1946. Alongside Bløndal Erling Bengtsson, he was his generation's most recognized Danish cellist. In 1957� ...

(1927–1998), Danish cellist * Avis Christiansen (1895–1985), American lyricist

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* Bill Christiansen (1914–2000), American politician * Bob Christiansen (born 1949), American football player *

Brush Christiansen Kelvin "Brush" Christiansen is a Canadian retired ice hockey coach. He spent the entirety of his coaching career at Alaska-Anchorage after founding the program in 1979, retiring after 1995–96 season. Career Brush Christiansen became a major f ...

, Canadian ice hockey coach *

B. S. Christiansen Bjarne Slot Christiansen (mostly known as B. S. Christiansen) (born September 27, 1952) is a former professional soldier from the Danish special force army unit Jægerkorpset The Jaeger Corps also known as the Huntsmen Corps ( da, Jægerkorpset ...

(born 1952), Danish soldier

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Cam Christiansen Cam Christiansen is an award winning Canadian filmmaker, most noted for his 2017 feature documentary film ''Wall''.Eric Volmers"Cam Christiansen, David Hare and the NFB break down barriers with animated 'essay' Wall" '' Calgary Herald'', September ...

, Canadian animator * Carina Rosenvinge Christiansen (born 1991), Dutch archer *

Carl Christiansen Carl Emil Christiansen (21 April 1886 – 23 July 1970) was a Norwegian post office official, sports official and organizational leader. Christiansen was born in Tønsberg to merchant Carl Emil Christiansen and Harda Paulsen, and married Ed ...

(1886–1970), Norwegian official *

Carl Christiansen (rower) Carl Christiansen (19 January 1909 – 1 July 1990) was a Norwegian rower. He competed in the men's single sculls event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known ...

(1909–1990), Norwegian rower *

Carl Emil Christiansen Carl Emil Christiansen (31 December 1937 – 15 January 2018) was a Danish football (soccer) player, who played 313 games and scored 112 goals for Esbjerg fB in Denmark. He was the top goalscorer of the 1962 Danish football championship, and pla ...

(1937–2018), Danish footballer Case Christiansen (American baseball player) *

Christian Christiansen (disambiguation) Christian Christiansen may refer to: *Christian Christiansen (musician) (1884–1955), Danish musician *Christian Christiansen (physicist) (1843–1917), Danish physicist *Christian E. Christiansen Christian E. Christiansen (born 14 December 1972 ...

, multiple people * Claus Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people *

Clay Christiansen Clay C. Christiansen (born June 28, 1958) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during one season at the major league level for the New York Yankees. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 15th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Chri ...

(born 1958), American baseball player *

Clay Christiansen (organist) Clay Christiansen ( ) is an American organist who previously played for the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He accompanied the Choir in Salt Lake City and when it was on tour. Christiansen gave organ recitals in the ...

(born 1949), American organist * Cole Christiansen (born 1997), American football player

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* Dick Christiansen (born 1931), Canadian football player * Ditlef Hvistendahl Christiansen (1865–1944), Norwegian judge * Dorte Christiansen, Danish cricketer

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* Eigil Christiansen (1894–1943), Norwegian sailor *

Einar Christiansen Arne Einar Christiansen (20 July 1861 – 25 September 1939) was a Danish journalist, critic and titular professor. He was best known as a writer and theatre director. He was born in Copenhagen, the son of Captain Eduard Christiansen and Karen Mar ...

(1861–1939), Danish journalist *

Ellen Christine Christiansen Ellen Christine Christiansen (born 10 December 1964) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party and formerly the Progress Party. Born in Oslo, she finished her secondary education at Oslo Commerce School in 1983. She thereupon ...

(born 1964), Norwegian politician *

ElRay L. Christiansen ElRay LaVar Christiansen (July 13, 1897 – December 2, 1975) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death. Christiansen was born in Mayfield, Utah, to Parley and Dorthea C. ...

(1897–1975), American religious figure * Else Marie Christiansen (1921–2017), Norwegian speed skater *

Eric Christiansen Eric Christiansen (15 September 1937 – 31 October 2016) was a medieval historian and fellow emeritus of New College, Oxford University. Christiansen was educated at Charterhouse School after which he served in the ranks of the Northamptonshir ...

(1937–2016), English historian * Erik Christiansen (born 1956), Danish rower

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* F. Melius Christiansen (1871–1955), Norwegian violinist *

Friedrich Christiansen Friedrich Christiansen (12 December 1879 – 3 December 1972) was a German general who served as commander of the German ''Wehrmacht'' in the occupied Netherlands during World War II. Christiansen was a World War I flying ace and the only seap ...

(1879-1972), German commander * Fritz Christiansen (1889–1955), Danish wrestler

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* Gerner Christiansen (1928–2006), Danish canoer * Glen Christiansen (born 1957), Swedish swimmer *

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (8 July 1920 – 13 July 1995) was the Managing Director of The Lego Group from 1957 to 1973. He was the third son of company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen and took over as Managing Director in 1957, eventually becoming ...

(1920–1995), Danish businessman * Gottlieb Bender Christiansen (1851–1929), American minister

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* Hans Christiansen (sailor) (1867–1938), Norwegian sailor *

Hans Christiansen (artist) Hans Christiansen (6 March 1866 in Flensburg – 5 January 1945 in Wiesbaden) was a German craftsman and painter of the Jugendstil ''Jugendstil'' ("Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influent ...

(1866–1945), German painter *

Henning Christiansen Henning Christiansen (28 May 1932 in Copenhagen – 10 December 2008) was a Danish composer and an active member of the Fluxus-movement. He worked with artists such as Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Bazon Brock and Wolf Vostell as well as with his w ...

(1932–2008), Danish composer * Henrik Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people * Hugo Christiansen (born 1940), Danish rower

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Ingeborg Christiansen Ingeborg Christiansen (born 12 November 1930) is a retired German film and television actress.Dimmitt p.85 Selected filmography * '' Professor Nachtfalter'' (1951) * ''The Mosquito'' (1954) * ''The Fisherman from Heiligensee'' (1955) * ''The For ...

(born 1930), German actress *

Izzy Christiansen Isobel Mary "Izzy" Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Everton in the FA WSL and the England national team. Club career Christiansen captained the women's football club at the ...

(born 1991), English footballer

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Jack Christiansen John LeRoy Christiansen (December 20, 1928 – June 29, 1986) was an American professional football player who became a college and pro coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions as a safety an ...

(1928–1986), American football player and coach * Jackie Christiansen (born 1977), Danish Paralympic athlete *

Jake Christiansen Jacobi Melius Alton Christiansen (February 2, 1900 – January 21, 1992) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Valparaiso University from 1929 to 1940 and at Concordia College (Moorhead ...

(1900–1992), American football player * Jan Christiansen (born 1941), Norwegian footballer * Jan Fredrik Christiansen (born 1942), Norwegian trumpeter *

Jason Christiansen Jason Samuel Christiansen (born September 21, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher. Biography Christiansen was born in Omaha, Nebraska and attended Elkhorn High School. He is an alumnus of Cameron University. He was ...

(born 1969), American baseball player * Jen Christiansen, American author * Jesper Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people *

Jessie Christiansen Jessie Christiansen is an Australian astrophysicist working at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She won the 2018 NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal for her work on the Kepler p ...

, Australian astrophysicist *

Johannes Christiansen Johannes Christiansen (17 October 1850 – 5 July 1913) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Askim, but moved to Skiptvet Skiptvet is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municip ...

(1850–1913), Norwegian politician * Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (born 1998), Norwegian chess player * John Christiansen (1923–1998), American test pilot *

Julie Christiansen Julie Christiansen (born 19 March 1968 in Harstad) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. She had previously served as a deputy rep ...

(born 1968), Norwegian politician

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* Kaj Christiansen (1921–2008), Danish footballer and coach * Kåre Christiansen (1911–1984), Norwegian bobsledder * Karianne Christiansen (1949–1976), Norwegian skier * Keith Christiansen (1944–2018), American ice hockey player * Keith Christiansen (art historian) (born 1947), American art historian * Kenneth Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people *

Kerry Ann Christiansen Kerry Ann Christiansen is a British actress who began her career in the popular British children’s TV series ''Byker Grove''. After her character's departure from the show, she went on to play Kim Cotton in the short lived ITV series ''Close ...

, British actress * Kristian Albert Christiansen (1888–1966), Norwegian politician

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* Larry Christiansen (born 1956), American chess grandmaster * Lars Christiansen (handballer) (born 1972), Dutch handball player * Lauritz Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people * Lisa Christiansen, Canadian radio personality * Lorang Christiansen (1917–1991), Norwegian cyclist

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* Mads Christiansen (born 1986), Dutch handball player * Mads Hedenstad Christiansen (born 2000), Norwegian footballer *

Majken Christiansen Majken Christiansen (born 14 September 1967) is a Danish jazz vocalist, known from several releases and jazz standard performances. Biography Christiansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She led the band Fjeldtetten, including Per Rick, Ebbe L ...

(born 1967), Danish vocalist * Margrethe Christiansen (1895–1971), Danish teacher *

Marianne Christiansen Marianne Christiansen (born June 18, 1963 in Haslev) is a Lutheran bishop in the Church of Denmark. Life Marianne Christiansen is the daughter of Bishop Henrik Christiansen and Sister of Helle Christiansen, Head of the Church of the Cross in Den ...

(born 1963), Danish bishop *

Mark Christiansen Mark Christiansen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark. He won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Michael Kjeldsen. Achievements World Championships ''Men's doubles'' IBF World Grand Pri ...

, Dutch badminton player * Marty Christiansen (1916–1999), American football player * Mathias Christiansen (born 1994), Danish badminton player * Max Christiansen (born 1996), German footballer * Michael Christiansen (1926/1927—1984), British newspaper editor *

Michele Christiansen Michele Mladejovsky Christiansen Forster (born 1970) is an American lawyer and judge. Forster is a judge of the Utah Court of Appeals. Early life and education Forster was born in 1970 in Utah. She attended Lawrence University in Appleton, ...

(born 1970), American judge *

Mogens Christiansen Mogens Stenumgaard Christiansen (born 10 January 1972) is a former Danish cricketer. Christiansen was a left-handed batsman. He was born at Herning. Christiansen first played for Denmark Under-19s in the 1991 International Youth Tournament, mak ...

(born 1972), Danish cricketer * Morten Christiansen (born 1978), Dutch footballer *

Morten H. Christiansen Morten H. Christiansen is a Danish cognitive scientist known for his work on the evolution of language, and connectionist modeling of human language acquisition. He is Professor in the Department of Psychology and Co-Director of the Cognitive Sci ...

, Danish cognitive scientist

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* Nanna Christiansen (born 1989), Dutch footballer * Niels Christiansen (born 1966), Danish businessman * Nils Christiansen (1913–1988), Filipino swimmer *

Nina Christiansen Nina Christiansen (born 7 June 1964) is a Danish long-distance runner. She competed in the women's 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 an ...

(born 1964), Danish runner

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* Olaf Christiansen (1901–1984), American composer *

Ole Kirk Christiansen Ole Kirk Kristiansen (7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company The Lego Group. Over the course of his working life, Kristiansen developed his business from a small wood-worki ...

(1891–1958), Danish carpenter and entrepreneur * Ove Christiansen (born 1969), Danish professor

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* Pål H. Christiansen (born 1958), Norwegian novelist * Palle Christiansen (born 1973), Greenlandic politician * Peter Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people *

Poul Simon Christiansen Poul Simon Christiansen, frequently referred to as Poul S. Christiansen (20 October 1855, Rolfsted, Funen – 14 November 1933, Copenhagen) was a Danish painter who developed a Colourist style under Kristian Zahrtmann and as a result of his appre ...

(1855–1933), Danish painter *

Preben Christiansen Preben Christiansen (7 December 1913 – 22 May 1979) was a Danish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), ...

(1913–1979), Danish fencer

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Ragnar Christiansen Ragnar Karl Viktor Christiansen (28 December 1922 in Drammen – 17 February 2019) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Early life He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the terms 1950–1953 an ...

(1922–2019), Norwegian politician * Rasmus Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people * Reggie Christiansen (born 1975), American baseball coach *

Reidar Thoralf Christiansen Reidar Thoralf Christiansen (27 January 1886 – 22 July 1971) was a Norwegian folklorist, archivist of the Norwegian Folklore Collection (NFS) and professor of folkloristics at the University of Oslo. Biography Christiansen studied theology du ...

(1886–1971), Norwegian folklorist * Richard Christiansen (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rob Christiansen Rob Christiansen is an American musician and recording engineer, who played in the 1990s indie pop band Eggs and the Grenadine Grenadine is a commonly used nonalcoholic bar syrup characterized by its deep red color. It is a popular cocktail ...

, American musician *

Robin Christiansen Robin R. Christiansen (born September 4, 1950) is an American politician currently serving as the mayor of Dover, Delaware. He was elected mayor in a special election on June 17, 2014, and took office on June 25, 2014. Christiansen had previously ...

(born 1950), American politician *

Roger Christiansen Roger S. Christiansen (born October 2, 1952) is an American television director. Christiansen has worked as a director, associate director and technical coordinator for number of notable television series. His credits include '' Friends'', ''Joe ...

(born 1952), American television director *

Rune Christiansen Rune Christiansen (born 10 April 1963 in Bergen) is a Norwegian poet and novelist. He is a professor of creative writing at Telemark University College. He won the Brage Prize in 2014 and the Gyldendal lifetime award in 2015. Rune Christiansen d ...

(born 1963), Norwegian poet and novelist *

Rupert Christiansen Rupert Christiansen (born 1954) is an English writer, journalist and critic. Life and career Born in London, Christiansen is the grandson of Arthur Christiansen (former editor of the ''Daily Express'') and son of Kay and Michael Christiansen (forme ...

(born 1954), English writer

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Sabine Christiansen Sabine Christiansen (born 20 September 1957 in Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany) is a German journalist and television presenter. Career After finishing school in Preetz, Christiansen worked at Lufthansa from 1976 to 1982, then appr ...

(born 1957), German journalist *

Sigurd Christiansen Sigurd Christiansen (17 November 1891 – 23 October 1947) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel ''Seieren'' in 1915. His literary breakthrough was the trilogy ''Indgangen'' (1925), ''Sverdene'' (1927 ...

(1891–1947), Norwegian novelist *

Sophie Christiansen Sophie Margaret Christiansen, CBE (born 14 November 1987) is an English equestrian who has competed in four successive Paralympic Games. In 2012 and 2016 she gained three gold medals at the Paralympics.Steve Christiansen (born 1956), American rower * Steve Christiansen (born 1961), American politician *

Svein Christiansen Svein "Chrico" Christiansen (6 August 1941 – 25 November 2015) was a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number of recordings, and central on the Oslo Jazz scene. Career Christiansen started early to play drums in various ban ...

(1941–2015), Norwegian musician

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Tanya Christiansen Tanya Julie Christiansen is an American mathematician who works in scattering theory and the theory of partial differential equations. She is Luther Marion Defoe Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of Missouri. Education and c ...

, American mathematician * Thomas Christiansen (born 1973), Spanish footballer * Thomas Christiansen (diver) (1920–1998), Danish diver * Thor Nis Christiansen (1957–1981), American criminal *

Thue Christiansen Thue Christiansen (25 February 1940 – 26 June 2022) was a Greenlandic teacher, visual artist, and politician. Christiansen is best known as the designer of the current flag of Greenland, which was adopted on 21 June 1985. A trained teacher, C ...

(1940–2022), Greenlandic teacher *

Tom Christiansen Thomas S. "Tom" Christiansen (born February 13, 1963), nicknamed tchrist or occasionally thoth, is a Unix developer and user known for his work with the Perl programming language. Christiansen worked for several years at TSR Hobbies before atte ...

(born 1963), American video game developer *

Tom Christiansen (ski jumper) Tom Christiansen (born 3 February 1956) is a Norwegian former ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with ju ...

(born 1956), Norwegian ski jumper *

Tony Christiansen Anthony (Tony) Steven Christiansen (born 23 October 1958) is a motivational and inspirational speaker from New Zealand who lost his legs as a result of a train accident in his childhood. He has challenged himself in numerous sporting and busine ...

(born 1958), New Zealand motivational speaker *

Trine Christiansen Trine Christiansen is a former Danish international cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails bala ...

, Danish cricketer

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* Ursula Reuter Christiansen (born 1943), German filmmaker

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Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (born 12 May 1992) is a Norwegian biathlete. Early life Christiansen was born in Geilo, a centre in the municipality of Hol, to Randi Sjåstad and her husband Georg William Christiansen. His younger sister, Tiril Sjå ...

(born 1992), Norwegian biathlete * Vicki Christiansen (born 1960), American civil servant *

Vidar Christiansen Vidar Christiansen (born 12 June 1948) is a Norwegian economist. He was born in Drammen and grew up in Hokksund. After graduating with the cand.oecon. degree he was a research fellow at the University of Oslo from 1975, lecturer at the Norwegian S ...

(born 1948), Norwegian economist * Villy Christiansen (born 1935), Danish canoeist

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Wilbur Norman Christiansen Wilbur Norman "Chris" Christiansen (9 August 1913 – 26 April 2007) was a pioneer Australian radio astronomer and electrical engineer. Family The son of Wilhelm Christiansen (1883-1920), and Ilma Clarice Christiansen (1885-1983), née Jones, W ...

(1913–2007), Australian radio astronomer

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