Kristján Andrésson (born 27 March 1981) is a Swedish-born Icelandic retired

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player and ex coach of the Swedish national team. He competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. Until 2020 he was the head coach for the Swedish national team. He played several games for the Icelandic national team, including at the 2004 Olympics. He retired as a player in 2005 due to injury problems. He coached Eskilstuna Guif from 2007 to 2016. When he accepted the Sweden job, he became the fifth Icelander to be the active coach of a foreign national team at the time.

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* 1981 births Living people Kristjan Andresson Kristjan Andresson Kristjan Andresson Kristjan Andresson Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Eskilstuna Kristjan Andresson Kristjan Andresson Handball coaches of international teams Eskilstuna Guif players {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub