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
- References
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