Kjartan ( Icelandic: ; Faroese: ; Norwegian: ) is a masculine

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found in the

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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

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name ' was a shortening of ', from , the name of an Irish king whose daughter

Melkorka Melkorka (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) is the name given in ''Landnámabók'' and ''Laxdæla saga'' for the Irish mother of the Icelandic goði Ólafr Höskuldsson. It is possible that her name represents the Irish ''Mael Curcaig''. Accordi ...

(Old Irish ', "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. ', 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, . The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to ', anglicised as Murtagh.Kjartan
on NordicNames.de Kjartan may refer to: *

Kjartan Finnbogason Kjartan Henry Finnbogason (born 9 July 1986) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a striker for FH. He has represented Iceland at international level. Club career Kjartan was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was signed by Cel ...

(born 1986), Icelandic international football player *

Kjartan Fløgstad Kjartan Fløgstad (born 7 June 1944) is a Norwegian author. Fløgstad was born in the industrial city of Sauda in Ryfylke, Rogaland. He studied literature and linguistics at the University of Bergen. Subsequently, he worked for a period as an ...

(born 1944), Norwegian author *

Kjartan Gunnarsson Kjartan Gunnarsson (born October 4, 1951) is an Icelandic lawyer, best known for serving for 26 years as the executive director of the Icelandic conservative Independence Party from 1980 until 2006. He has also worked for Landsbanki bank. He is ...

(born 1951), Icelandic politician and lawyer * Kjartan Haugen (born 1975), Norwegian cross-country skier and Paralympic gold medallist * Kjartan Kristiansen (born 1963), Norwegian guitarist and backing vocalist in band DumDum Boys *

Kjartan Lauritzen Per Áki Sigurdsson Kvikne (born 12 January 1995), known professionally as Kjartan Lauritzen, is a Norwegian musician. Lauritzen owns the Balestrand Hotel with his girlfriend Randi Sognnæs Aamot. They met at Høyanger High School. Early life ...

(born 1995), Norwegian rapper *

Kjartan Ólafsson (disambiguation) Kjartan Ólafsson may refer to * Kjartan Ólafsson (composer) (born 1958), Icelandic musicologist, composer, and academic * Kjartan Ólafsson, key historical character in ''Laxdæla saga ''Laxdæla saga'' (), Old Norse ''Laxdœla saga'' (Old Nor ...

, various people *

Kjartan Poskitt Kjartan Poskitt (born 15 May 1956 in York) is a British writer and TV presenter who is best known for writing the ''Murderous Maths'' children's series of books. Early life and education Poskitt was born in York, England, grew up in Selby, Yor ...

(born 1956), English author and television presenter *

Kjartan Salvesen Kjartan Salvesen (born 17 October 1976 in Sandnes) is a Norwegian singer. In 2004, he won the second season of Norwegian version of Idol by 840.000 votes, the highest number for any participant on the show. His single "Standing Tall" sold 5 t ...

(born 1976), Norwegian pop singer *

Kjartan Sturluson Kjartan Sturluson (born 27 December 1975) is a retired Icelandic international football goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) ...

(born 1975), Icelandic international football goalkeeper *

Kjartan Sveinsson Kjartan Sveinsson (; born 2 January 1978) is an Icelandic musician who is the keyboardist for the post-rock band Sigur Rós. He joined the band in 1998. A multi-instrumentalist, he has also played such instruments as the flute, tin whistle, oboe ...

(born 1978), Icelandic keyboardist of the band Sigur Rós *Kjartan the Cruel, a fictional character in ''

The Last Kingdom ''The Last Kingdom'' is the first historical novel in '' The Saxon Stories'' by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2004. This story introduces Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a Saxon noble who is kidnapped by Danish Vikings as a young child and is assim ...

'' television series and ''

The Saxon Stories ''The Saxon Stories'' (also known as ''Saxon Tales''/''Saxon Chronicles'' in the US and ''The Warrior Chronicles'' and most recently as ''The Last Kingdom'' series) is a historical novel series written by Bernard Cornwell about the history of A ...

'' books

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