Kjartan (Icelandic: ; Faroese: ; Norwegian: ) is a masculine given name found in the Nordic countries, most prominently in Iceland and Norway. The Old Norse name was a shortening of , from , the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish , "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave.Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. , 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, . The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to , anglicised as Murtagh.Kjartan on NordicNames.de
Kjartan may refer to:
Kjartan Finnbogason (born 1986), Icelandic international football player Kjartan Fløgstad (born 1944), Norwegian author Kjartan Gunnarsson (born 1951), Icelandic politician and lawyer Kjartan Haugen (born 1975), Norwegian cross-country skier and Paralympic gold medallist Kjartan Kristiansen (born 1963), Norwegian guitarist and backing vocalist in band DumDum Boys Kjartan Lauritzen (born 1995), Norwegian rapper Kjartan Ólafsson (disambiguation), various people Kjartan Poskitt (born 1956), English author and television presenter Kjartan Salvesen (born 1976), Norwegian pop singer Kjartan Sturluson (born 1975), Icelandic international football goalkeeper Kjartan Sveinsson (born 1978), Icelandic keyboardist of the band Sigur Rós Kjartan the Cruel, a fictional character in The Last Kingdom television series and The Saxon Stories books
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