Kristjánsson

Kristjánsson is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of Icelandic origin, meaning ''son of Kristján''. In

Icelandic name Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) o ...

s, the name is not strictly a surname, but a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Kristjansson (1877–1974), Canadian politician from Manitoba; provincial legislator 1920–1922 *

Benedikt Kristjánsson Benedikt Kristjánsson (born 1987) is an Icelandic operatic and concert tenor who is based in Germany and has appeared internationally. He focuses on Baroque music, especially by Johann Sebastian Bach, but has also performed and recorded Romanti ...

(born 1987), Icelandic tenor * Broddi Kristjansson (born 1960), Icelandic Olympic badminton player *

Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson (5 July 1944 – 17 March 2018) was an Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America ...

(1944–2018), Icelandic politician; member of the ''Alþing'' since 1999 * Jón Kristjánsson (1920–1996), Icelandic Olympic cross-country skier *

Jónas Kristjánsson Jónas Kristjánsson (10 April 1924 – 7 June 2014) was an Icelandic scholar and novelist, and one-time director of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. In this position, he played a crucial role in the return of Icelandic manus ...

(1924–2014), Icelandic scholar and novelist *

Matthías Kristjánsson Matthías Kristjánsson (July 14, 1924 – December 23, 1998) was an Icelandic cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 33rd in the 50 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and mo ...

(1924–1998), Icelandic Olympic cross-country skier *

Sigurður Kári Kristjánsson Sigurður Kári Kristjánsson (born May 9, 1973) is an Icelandic Member of Parliament for the Independence Party (''Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn''). Kristjánsson graduated with a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1998. He was chairman of ...

(born 1973), Icelandic politician; member of the ''Alþing'' since 2003 *

Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson Snorri Kristjánsson (born 1974, Reykjavík) is an Iceland-born writer. His family moved to Norway in 1983, where he lived for seven years. Since 2005, Snorri, has been based in The United Kingdom, and currently lives in Edinburgh with his wife, ...

(born 1974), Icelandic author *

Stefán Kristjánsson Stefán Kristjánsson (8 December 1982 – 28 February 2018) was an Icelandic chess grandmaster and professional poker player. Stefán began playing chess at the age of 11 and earned his international master title in 2002, at age 19. He won t ...

(1982–2018), Icelandic chess grandmaster {{DEFAULTSORT:Kristjansson Icelandic-language masculine surnames Patronymic surnames