Christen Heiberg (28 November 1799 – 18 March 1872) was a Norwegian surgeon and professor most known for bringing modern anesthesia to Norway.

Heiberg was part of a physiographic association there, along with Niels Henrik Abel, Balthazar Mathias Keilhau, Christian Peder Bianco Boeck, Jens Johan Hjort [no; sv] (1798–1873), and Bernt Wilhelm Schenck [no].

In 1828, Heiberg became lector of medicine at the Royal Frederick University, later receiving his doctorate in 1830; his thesis was a treatment of eye surgery.

[3] After further study in Germany and Paris during 1835, he was appointed professor of surgery and eye diseases (after Magnus Andreas Thulstrup) at the University of Christiania from 1836 as well as senior consultant physician at Rikshospitalet.

[7] After Christen Heiberg's death, his nephew was one of the applicants for the professorship, which went to Johan Storm Aubert Hjort [no; sv].

With other landowners, Heiberg became co-owner of the opposite plot of land (known[10] as the Gårdeiertomten), which is now the park Studenterlunden.

After Heiberg's death in 1872, Heiberggården was bought by confectioner Julius Fritzner, who added an extra floor and opened the Grand Hotel in 1874.