Kristian Fredrikson (1940 – 10 November 2005) was a New Zealand-born Australian stage and costume designer working in ballet, opera and other performing arts.

As a child, he and his mother had been physically attacked in Christchurch for being Catholic in a Protestant area, and the experience had contributed to his feelings of alienation from mainstream society.

"[4] Fredrikson began his career as a newspaper critic and journalist and began taking art classes at Wellington Polytechnic College while writing for Wellington newspapers, and then became apprenticed to a local theatrical designer.

His costume design was described as "sumptuous, jewelled and beautiful, while allowing the wearer complete freedom of movement".

He designed operas including Lucrezia Borgia for productions starring Dame Joan Sutherland.

In 2005 Fredriksen realised a long-held ambition to design all three of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballets.

This last work was the Australian Ballet's largest ever production, requiring 300 costumes and four major sets, and was still touring at the time of Fredrikson's death.