Christen

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title: "Christen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "general/surnames-derived-from-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

To christen is to perform the religious act of baptism.

Christen may also refer to:

People

Surname

• Adolf Christen (1811–1883), court actor, theater director and theater manager
• Andreas Christen (born 1989), footballer from Liechtenstein
• Björn Christen (born 1980), Swiss ice hockey player
• Brian Christen (1926–2000), Canadian cricketer
• Claudia Christen (born 1973), Swiss designer
• Georges Christen (born 1962), Luxembourgish strongman
• Mathias Christen (born 1987), footballer from Liechtenstein
• Morgan Christen (born 1961), American judge
• Siena Christen, German paralympic athlete
• Theophil Friedrich Christen (1879–1920), Swiss scientist

Given name

• Christen Aagaard (1616–1664), Danish poet
• Christen Thorn Aamodt (1770–1836), Norwegian priest
• Christen Larsen Arneberg (1808–1874), Norwegian politician
• Christen Thomsen Barfoed (1815–1899), Danish chemist
• Christen Berg (1829–1891), Danish politician and editor
• Christen Gran Bøgh (1876–1955), Norwegian jurist and theatre critic
• Christen Christensen (figure skater) (1904–1969), Norwegian pair skater
• Christen Christensen (politician) (1826–1900), Norwegian military officer and politician
• Christen Christensen (shipowner) (1845–1923), Norwegian ship-owner
• Christen Collin (1857–1926), Norwegian literary historian
• Christen Dalsgaard (1824–1907), Danish painter
• Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880), Danish politician
• Christen Heiberg (civil servant) (1737–1801), Norwegian civil servant
• Christen Heiberg (physician) (1799–1872), Norwegian surgeon
• Christen Nielsen Holberg (c. 1625–c. 1685), Norwegian soldier
• Christen Jensen (1881–1961), American educator
• Christen Knudsen (1813–1888), Norwegian ship-owner
• Christen Købke (1810–1848), Danish painter
• Christen Mikkelsen Kold (1816–1870), Danish teacher
• Christen Miller (born 2004), American football player
• Christen Mølbach (1766–1834), Norwegian merchant and politician
• Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562–1647), Danish astronomer
• Christen Pram (1756–1821), Norwegian/Danish writer
• Christen C. Raunkiær (1860–1938), Danish botanist
• Christen Roper (born 1981), American college basketball athlete
• Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727–1797), Danish physician and botanist
• Christen Bentsen Schaaning (c. 1616–1679), Norwegian priest
• Christen Schmidt (1727–1804), Norwegian bishop
• Christen Thomesen Sehested (1664–1736), Danish admiral
• Christen Sveaas (born 1956), Norwegian businessperson
• Christen Andersen Vallesværd (1797–1842), Norwegian politician
• Christen Wiese (1876–1968), Norwegian sailor
• Christen Worm (1672–1737), Danish bishop

Other uses

• Christen Industries, an aircraft manufacturer

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