Kristján Valur Ingólfsson (born 28 October 1947) is an Icelandic prelate, theologian and lecturer who served as Bishop of Skálholt and suffragan of the Bishop of Iceland from 2011 to 2018.
Kristján Valur Ingólfsson was born on 28 October 1947 in Grenivik, in Laufásprestakall Iceland, the son of Hólmfríður Björnsdóttir and Ingólfur Benediktsson.
They had ten children, and Kristján Valur is sixth child born.
Valur wrote a number of articles in Church Literature and the series of theology, book chapters and hymns, based on psalms and songbooks.
[1] Kristján Valur and Margrét Bóasdóttir, singer and choir director have been married for 40 years.