Christiansen
Christiansen (Danish pronunciation: [kʰʁeˈstjænˀsn̩]) is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christian. The spelling variant Kristiansen has identical pronunciation. Christiansen is the sixteenth most common name in Denmark, but is shared by less than 1% of the population.[1]
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Christiansen and Kristiansen in Denmark and Norway (2007):
| Christiansen | Kristiansen | source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 39112 | 14248 | Statistics Denmark |
| Norway | 3922 | 24533 | Statistics Norway |
Immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes have changed the spelling to Christianson or Kristianson.
Persons
Christiansen, as a person, may refer to:
A
- Anders Baasmo Christiansen (born 1976-), Norwegian actor
- Arthur Christiansen (1904–1963), English journalist
B
- Barbara Christiansen, Cruelty Investigator
- Bjarne Slot Christiansen (born 1952), Danish team builder
C
- Carl Emil Christiansen (1937–2018), Danish footballer
- Carlos Christiansen (born 1985), Peruvian, Human Resources expert, entrepreneur, Bitcoins Latin America leader
- Christian Christiansen (1843–1917), Danish physicist
- Claus Christiansen (footballer, born 1967), Danish football defender
- Claus Christiansen (footballer, born 1972), Danish footballer and manager
- Clay Christiansen (born 1958), American organist
- Cole Christiansen (born 1997), American football player
D
- Dorte Christiansen, Danish cricketer
E
- Erik Christiansen (born 1956), Danish rower
F
- Fredrik Melius Christiansen (1871–1955), Norwegian violinist and choral conductor
- Friedrich Christiansen (1879-1972), German World War I ace and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht in the Netherlands 1940-1945
G
- Gerhardt Kirk Christiansen, Danish sole proprietor
- Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (1920–1995), Danish businessman
- Gregers Julius Christiansen Sr., (1878-1965), Danish Well borer
I
- Isobel Christiansen (born 1991), English footballer
- Ivette Christiansen (born 1969), Peruvian travel agent, mother and women's rights fighter
J
- Jack Christiansen (1928–1986), American football player and coach
- Jaime Olaf Christiansen (born 1989), Peruvian psychologist, Community relations advisor, AIESEC alumnus, coach and global citizen
- Jason Christiansen (born 1969), American baseball player
- Jesper Christiansen (born 1978), Danish footballer
- Johannes Christiansen (I) (1850–1913), Norwegian politician
- Johannes Christiansen (II), Danish sole proprietor
K
- Kaj Christiansen (1921–2008), Danish footballer and coach
- Karl Georg Kirk Christiansen, Danish head of the plastic divisions
- Keith Christiansen (born 1944), American Olympian and ice hokey player
- Kerry Ann Christiansen, British actress
- Kim Christiansen (born 1976), Norwegian Olympian and snowboarder
L
- Larry Christiansen (born 1956), American chess grandmaster
- Lauritz Christiansen (sailor) (1867–1930), Norwegian Olympian and sailor
- Lauritz Christiansen (athlete) (1892–1976), Danish long-distance runner
- Lisa Christiansen, Canadian radio personality
M
- Margrethe Christiansen (1895–1971), Danish folk high school teacher
- Marianne Christiansen (born 1963), Danish bishop
- Matias Christiansen (born 1986), Peruvian aeronautical engineer and academic
- Michael Christiansen (1926 or 1927—1984), British newspaper editor
- Michele Christiansen (born 1970), American state appeals judge
- Mogens Christiansen (born 1972), Danish cricketer
N
- Nina Christiansen (born 1964), Danish long-distance runner
O
- Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), Danish carpenter and toy maker, founder of The Lego Group
P
- Peter Christiansen (footballer, born 1975), Danish footballer
- Peter Christiansen (footballer, born 1999), Danish footballer
R
- Ragnar Christiansen (born 1922), Norwegian politician
- Reggie Christiansen (born 1975), American college baseball coach
- Rob Christiansen, American musician
- Rune Christiansen (born 1963), Norwegian poet and novelist
- Rupert Christiansen (born 1954), English writer, journalist and critic
S
- Sabine Christiansen (born 1957), German journalist
- Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen (born 1942), English academic
- Sophie Christiansen (born 1987), British Paralympian in equestrian events
T
- Tanya Christiansen, American mathematician
- Thomas Christiansen (born 1973), Spanish footballer
- Thor Nis Christiansen (1957–1981), American criminal
- Trine Christiansen, Danish cricketer
W
- Wilbur Norman Christiansen (1913–2007), Australian radio astronomer
Other
Christiansen may also refer to:
- Christiansen effect, a filtering effect
- Christiansen filter, narrow bandpass or monochromatic optical filter
- Christiansen Academy, private boarding school in Rubio, Táchira, Venezuela
See also
- References
- ^ Navne TOP-20 for hele Danmarks befolkning pr. 1. januar 2007 - Danmarks Statistik Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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