Christian Matras (7 December 1900 – 16 October 1988) was a Faroese poet and academic.

[1] [2] Christian Matras was born in the village Viðareiði, Viðoy, located at far northern end of the Faroe Islands.

In 1936 Matras began working at the University of Copenhagen, becoming a professor of linguistics in 1952.

He produced an extensive body of work analyzing Faroese language, literature, and culture, until his retirement in 1971.

A few months earlier he was honored with a stamp by Postverk Føroya.