Kristian Kristiansen (16 February 1865 - 30 June 1943) was a Norwegian explorer who participated in the Greenland expedition of 1888 arranged by Fridtjof Nansen.

[1][2][3] Kristian Kristiansen was born on the Trana farm in the parish of Ogndal in the present-day Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.

[4][5] In 1888 both Otto Sverdrup and Kristian Kristiansen were selected by Fridtjof Nansen to attend the expedition across Greenland.

The other participants were Oluf Christian Dietrichson, Samuel Balto and Ole Nilsen Ravna.

During the remainder of his life, Kristiansen lived and worked principally at Sneppen in the city center of Steinkjer.