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surname that may refer to the following notable people: * Celine Lundbye Kristiansen, Danish handball player *

Egil Kristiansen Egil Kristiansen (born January 18, 1966) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2001. He finished eighth in the 30 km event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Kristiansen finished 39th in the 50 km ...

, Norwegian cross country skier *

Einar Kristiansen Einar Kristiansen (18 June 1882 – 1965) was a Norwegian nordic skiing Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the Ski binding, binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ...

, Norwegian Nordic skiing athlete * Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer, TV-host *

Elin Kristiansen Elin Kristiansen (born 9 July 1968) is a former biathlete from Norway. She won two individual World Championships medals, one in 1988 when she won silver at the 10 km event and a bronze in 1990 from the sprint event. Her best Wint ...

, Norwegian biathlete *

Erling Kristiansen (chess player) Erling Kristiansen (17 December 1936 – 27 September 2022) was a Norwegian chess FIDE Master (FM), Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1972). Biography From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, Erling Kristiansen was one of Norway's leading c ...

, Norwegian chess master *Fredrik Kristiansen, co-creator of the

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online community *

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen (born 9 February 1978) is a retired Norwegian biathlete from Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of V ...

, Norwegian biathlete * Henry Wilhelm Kristiansen, Norwegian newspaper editor and Communist Party politician (1902–1942) * Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian long distance runner * Jan Kristiansen, Danish footballer *Jan Arne Kristiansen, rock musician with the band

Raga Rockers Raga Rockers is a Norwegian rock band from Oslo with Michael Krohn on vocals. The band was formed in 1982 by front man Michael Krohn. The other original members were Livio Aiello on bass, Bruno Hovden on guitar, Jan Arne Kristiansen on drums, Hu ...

* Jeanett Kristiansen, Norwegian handball player *

John 'Tune' Kristiansen John 'Tune' Kristiansen (born 12 February 1955) is a Danish professional Association football manager, until recently was working as head coach of Boldklubben Frem. As an active footballer, Tune played in the forward position. He started his car ...

Danish soccer manager * Kåre Kristiansen, Norwegian politician * Kjartan Kristiansen, Norwegian rock musician *

Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (; born 27 December 1947) is the former President and CEO of The Lego Group (1979–2004). According to '' Bloomberg Billionaires Index'', Kristiansen is the third richest Dane, with a net worth of $6.75 billion as of Apri ...

, Danish businessman, former CEO of LEGO (1979–2004) * Lyle Kristiansen (1939–2015), Canadian politician from

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Magne Kristiansen Magne “Kris” Kristiansen (April 14, 1932 - May 9, 2017) was an electrical engineer and the P. W. Horn Professor and Emeritus Professor at Texas Tech University, formerly the C. B. Thornton Professor from 1990 to 2009. He is member of the Natio ...

, American engineer *

Sven Erik Kristiansen Sven Erik Kristiansen (born 4 February 1969) is a Norwegian musician, best known as the former vocalist in the black metal band Mayhem under the stage name Maniac. With Mayhem Kristiansen joined Mayhem in 1986 after the departure of the ba ...

, Norwegian musician known as "Maniac", a black metal musician * Teddy Kristiansen, Danish comic book artist.

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