Christiansen

Christiansen (Danish pronunciation: [kʁɛsˈdjænˀsn̩]) 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.

Christiansen, as a person, may refer to:

Anders Baasmo Christiansen (born 1976-), Norwegian actor
Arthur Christiansen (1904–1963), English journalist
B.S. Christiansen (born 1952), Danish team builder
Carl Emil Christiansen (born 1937), Danish footballer
Christian Christiansen (1843–1917), Danish physicist
Claus Christiansen (footballer, born 1967), Danish football defender
Claus Christiansen (footballer, born 1972), Danish footballer and manager
Erik Christiansen (born 1956), Danish rower
F. Melius Christiansen (1871–1955), Norwegian violinist and choral conductor
Friedrich Christiansen, German World War I ace and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht in the Netherlands 1940-1945
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (1920–1995), Danish businessman
Isobel Christiansen (born 1991), English footballer
Jack Christiansen (1928–1986), American football player and coach
Jason Christiansen (born 1969), American baseball player
Jesper Christiansen (born 1978), Danish footballer
Johannes Christiansen (1850–1913), a Norwegian politician
Kaj Christiansen (born 1921), Danish footballer and coach
Keith Christiansen (born 1944), American Olympian and ice hokey player
Kerry Ann Christiansen, British actress
Kim Christiansen (born 1976), Norwegian Olympian and snowborder
Larry Christiansen (born 1956), American chess grandmaster
Lauritz Christiansen (1867–1930), Norwegian Olympian and sailor
Lisa Christiansen Canadian radio personality
Michael Christiansen (1926 or 1927—1984), British newspaper editor.
Mogens Christiansen (born 1972), Danish cricketer
Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), Danish carpenter and toymaker
Peter Christiansen (footballer) (born 1975), Danish footballer
Ragnar Christiansen (born 1922), Norwegian politician
Reggie Christiansen (born 1975), American college baseball coach
Rob Christiansen, American musician
Rupert Christiansen (born 1954), English writer, journalist and critic
Rune Christiansen (born 1963), Norwegian poet and novelist
Sabine Christiansen (born 1957), German journalist
Sophie Christiansen (born 1987), British Paralympian in equestrian events
Thor Nis Christiansen (1957–1981), American criminal
Thomas Christiansen (born 1973), Spanish footballer
Wilbur Norman Christiansen (1913–2007), Australian radio astronomer
Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, English academic

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