Kjartan

Kjartan (Icelandic: ; Faroese: ; Norwegian: ) is a masculine given name found in the Nordic countries, most prominently in Iceland and Norway. The Old Norse name Kjartan was a shortening of Mýrkjartan, from Muirchertach, the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish Mael Curcaigh, "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave. The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to Muircheartach, anglicised as Murtagh.

Kjartan may refer to:


 * Kjartan Finnbogason (born 1986), Icelandic international football player
 * Kjartan Fløgstad (born 1944), Norwegian author
 * Kjartan Gunnarsson (born 1951), Icelandic politician and lawyer
 * Kjartan Haugen (born 1975), Norwegian cross-country skier and Paralympic gold medallist
 * Kjartan Kristiansen (born 1963), Norwegian guitarist and backing vocalist in band DumDum Boys
 * Kjartan Ólafsson (disambiguation), various people
 * Kjartan Poskitt (born 1956), English author and television presenter
 * Kjartan Salvesen (born 1976), Norwegian pop singer
 * Kjartan Sturluson (born 1975), Icelandic international football goalkeeper
 * Kjartan Sveinsson (born 1978), Icelandic keyboardist of the band Sigur Rós
 * Kjartan the Cruel, a fictional character in The Last Kingdom television series and The Saxon Stories books