Kristján is an
Icelandic masculine
given name
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The Icelandic surname
Kristjánsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Kristján''. Kristjánsdóttir is a patronymic surname meaning ''daughter of Kristján''.
Notable people Kristján with the name include:
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Kristján Andrésson (born 1981), Icelandic handball player
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Kristján Arason (born 1961), Icelandic handball player
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Kristján Eldjárn
Kristján Eldjárn (; 6 December 1916 – 14 September 1982) was the third president of Iceland, from 1968 to 1980.
Biography
Kristján was born in Tjörn, Svarfaðardal, Iceland. His parents were Þórarinn Kr. Eldjárn, a teacher in Tjörn, ...
(1916–1982), third President of Iceland
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Kristján Emilsson
Kristján Gauti Emilsson (born 26 April 1993) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
In 2009, Kristján made his debut for FH Hafnarfjörður in the highest Icelandic league. After an internship with Liverpool, he signed a th ...
(born 1993), Icelandic footballer
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Kristján Einar
Kristján Einar Kristjánsson (born 8 January 1989) is an Icelandic racing driver. He started racing in karts at 14, the age when Icelandic law allows drivers to start racing karts. He is the first ever driver to emerge from Icelandic motorspor ...
(born 1989), Icelandic racing driver
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Kristján Finnbogason (born 1971), Icelandic football goalkeeper
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Kristján Guðmundsson (born 1941), Icelandic conceptual artist
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Kristján Helgason
Kristján Helgason (born 27 March 1974) is an Icelandic former professional snooker player.
Career
Born in 1974, Helgason turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he reached the last 48 at the Irish Open, losing 3–5 to Billy Snaddon, but made n ...
(born 1974), Icelandic snooker player
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Kristján Jóhannsson
Kristján Jóhannsson (born 24 May 1948 in Akureyri, Iceland) is an Icelandic operatic tenor particularly known for his performances in Verdian roles, and especially as Radames in ''Aida''.
Biography
Although Kristján was born into a musical fa ...
(born 1948), Icelandic operatic tenor
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Kristján B. Jónasson
Kristján B. Jónasson is an Icelandic book publisher at Crymogea Publishing and the former head of the Association of Icelandic Book Publishers. He has written on Sigurður Nordal Sigurður Nordal (14 September 1886 – 21 September 1974) w ...
, Icelandic book publisher
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Kristján Jónsson (politician) (1852–1926), Minister for Iceland
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Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Kristján Þór Júlíusson (15 July 1957 in Dalvík) is an Icelandic politician, a member of Alþingi and the current Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture.http://www.althingi.is/cv_en.php4?ksfaerslunr=110 Official page at the Alþingi He com ...
(born 1957), Icelandic politician
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Kristján Karlsson
Kristján Karlsson (26 January 1922 – August 5, 2014) was an Icelandic poet and writer born at Eyvík in Tjörnes in Þingeyjarsýsla South. He studied English literature at the University of California, Berkeley in California, graduating wit ...
(1922–2014), Icelandic poet
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Kristján L. Möller
Kristján Lúðvík Möller (born 26 June 1953) is an Icelandic politician. He has been Iceland's Minister of Communications from 2007 to 2010, and a member of the Althing
The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' ...
(born 1953), Icelandic politician
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Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (born 1980), Icelandic footballer
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Icelandic masculine given names