Kristoff (Frozen)

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Kristoff Bjorgman
Frozen character
Kristoff Bjorgman, the male lead in Frozen
First appearance	Frozen (2013)
Created by	Chris Buck Jennifer Lee
Voiced by	Jonathan Groff Tyree Brown (as a child)
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Ice trader Royal Ice Master and Deliverer
Nationality	Scandinavian

Kristoff Bjorgman is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd animated feature Frozen (2013). He is voiced primarily by actor Jonathan Groff.

Kristoff is a loner mountain man who helps Princess Anna of Arendelle to find her older sister Elsa in the North Mountain.

Development

Origins and conception

In the early development, Kristoff was originally Kai as in Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, but later he was designed as combination of Kai and the robber girl.

Design and characterization

At the outside appearance, Kristoff might seem gruff and loner but actually he is kind and caring.

Appearance

Frozen

Main article: Frozen (2013 film)

At the beginning of the movie, Kristoff is shown as an eight-year-old orphan boy with baby reindeer, Sven, who becomes his best friend. He is trying to harvest ice like grown-up icemen do. One night, he finds the royal family bringing their daughters to meet the trolls. It happens when little Princess Anna faints after her sister, Elsa, accidentally strikes her head with her power of creating and controlling ice and snow. Kristoff watches Pabbie, king of the trolls, heal Anna's head. At the same time, one of the female trolls named Bulda keeps and raises Kristoff as her own child.

Years later, Kristoff grows to be an ice harvester who lives in the mountains near Arendelle. On the coronation day, he does not care about the queen or princess. Instead, he comes to Arendelle for business.

When Anna searches her self-exiled sister, she happens to reach the Oaken's Trading Post. Kristoff, covered with snow, also comes to the store to buy carrots and ropes. From him, Anna knows that the blizzard in Arendelle comes from the North Mountain. Anna assumes that is the place where Elsa hides. However, he is thrown out from the store for insulting Oaken. Singing "Reinders Are Better Than People", Kristoff plays his lute. Anna buys all things he wants and urges him to take her to the North Mountain. Kristoff is reluctant to help her at first but eventually agrees.

On the way to the North Mountain, Kritoff argues that Anna should not marry a man she just meets , just as the wolves attack his sleigh. The trio successfully jumps to the other part of hill to get away from the wolves, though his sleigh falls off the cliff and catches fire. Afterwards, they neets Olaf, an enchanted snowman created by Elsa. He guides the group to Elsa's ice castle. There Anna tries to persuade Elsa to go back to Arendelle in order to put an end to the winter inadvertedly created by Elsa but fails. To make things worse, she is accidentally struck by Elsa again, this time at the heart. The group seeks help from Pabbie, but Pabbie says only "an act of true love" can save her. Thinking it is a "True Love's Kiss" from Hans, they head back to Arendelle. At the castle gate, he sadly hands Anna over to Hans.

On the way back to the mountains, Sven attempts to push him back to Arendelle, but he refuses, thinking it is selfish to fulfil his love instead of letting Anna be saved by Hans. However, a snowstorm appears over Arendelle, prompting him to return. There he eventually finds Anna, but then he has to watch Anna freeze solid as she chooses to sacrifice herself, saving her sister from being killed by Hans. Moments later Anna revives, as self-sacrifaction counts as "an act of true love". He is overjoyed by that.

In the end, he gets a new sleigh from Anna, and the two shares a kiss.

Theme parks

On May 16, 2014, it was announced that Disneyland would debut a Frozen pre-parade featuring Elsa, Anna and Olaf. It premiered June 13, 2014 and precedes performances of Mickey's Soundsational Parade. From July 5 to September 1, 2014, as part of 'Frozen' Summer Fun show at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Anna and Elsa will appear in a horse-drawn sleigh making their way down Hollywood Boulevard, alongside Kristoff and skaters, skiers and ice cutters in the Anna and Elsa's Royal Welcome section. The sisters will also make appearances in For the First Time in Forever: A "Frozen" Sing-Along Celebration, where they are joined by royal historians to retell the history of Arendelle; and "Frozen" Fireworks Spectacular alongside Kristoff and Olaf, a fireworks display set to the music of Frozen.

External links

• Frozen