Kristoff

**Kristoff Bjorgman** is a ice harvester and is one of the main characters in the Frozen season of the Disney Princess Challenge.

## Description

Kristoff's build is a distinct variation on most male leads in Disney animated features (Hans is a perfect example of the traditional stature). On the flip side, Kristoff has broad shoulders and a muscular build. His build is a realistic consequence of his rough life as a mountain-dwelling ice harvester.

Kristoff is rugged and 21 years old, at the time of the first movie. Like the sisters, he has blond hair (more golden than Anna's strawberry-blonde hair, but not as pale as Elsa's platinum blonde hair) which is later described as "unmanly" by the trolls (in the song "Fixer Upper"). He has light brown eyes and fair skin with a few freckles across his nose. His nose is quite big and his cheeks tend to redden a lot, because of the cold weather.

At the beginning of the film (when he is a child), he wears a royal purple long-sleeved shirt, dark trousers, and a purple sash. When we next see him as an adult, he is wearing a thick dark tunic with a fur-lined burgundy dark crimson collar, a blue patch on his right elbow, a burgundy sash tied around his waist, a dark blue long-sleeved undershirt, olive mittens, thick dark trousers, a dark bobble-hat (which he later gives to Anna when she is freezing to death), and fur-lined dark brown boots with pointed toes. At the end of the film, he wears pretty much the same outfit, minus the thick tunic and gloves, because it has become much warmer.

In the sequel, he now wears a royal delivery attire in a shades of brown. He later wears this during their travels to the Enchanted Forest. When he stays with Elsa and Anna at the castle, he wears a dark purple long robe along with his sleeping attire.

At the end of the film, Kristoff's rugged blond hair is now slicked back and he wears a dark purple royal outfit.

## Toddlerhood & Childhood

Kristoff grew up as an orphan and befriended a reindeer named Sven. Kristoff and Sven were present when Elsa and Anna's parents brought the sisters to the trolls, who later adopted both Kristoff and Sven.

## Adulthood

Kristoff first appears in episode 4 of season 5 with his reindeer Sven and encounters Anna when she tries to bring her sister Elsa back to Arendale. Kristoff agrees to help Anna and they use his sled to reach the north mountain, along with Sven. Along the way, they meet a snowman named Olaf who knows where Elsa is as she created him. Once the group reach Elsa's Ice Palace, Anna tries to bring Elsa back to Arendale whilst Kristoff, Olaf and Sven wait outside. However, Kristoff runs in when he sees that Anna has been struck with Elsa's ice magic and wants to help her reverse the curse.

In episode 5, Kristoff took Anna back to the Arendale Castle so she could have her "true loves kiss" with Prince Hans in hopes it will cure her from the curse and get rid of the snow. During this time, with the help of Sven, Kristoff realises he has developed feelings for the princess and rushes back to Arendale to try to save her. Kristoff rides Sven to the kingdom and as they ride across the floyd, Kristoff runs over to Anna until she decides to save Elsa. Kristoff, Sven and Olaf can only watch as Anna sacrifices herself to save Elsa, which causes Hans to be flown back and be knocked out from the blast. After Anna thaws and returns back to normal, Kristoff is about to confront Hans until Anna does it herself and gets into a physical fight with Hans. After Hans is exiled from the kingdom, Kristoff is gifted a new sled from Anna and the two share their first kiss, confirming their relationship.

## Trivia

* Kristoff is an ice harvester.
* He was an orphan from a child when he met Sven and they were both raised by trolls.
* Kristoff seems to be based on the Robber Girl from the original story "The Snow Queen". In the original story, the Robber Girl owned a reindeer named Bae.
	+ When the film was in early production, Kristoff and Anna were originally children called Kai and Greta, which can still be seen in early concept art. Eventually, as the story changed they were aged up to adults and renamed Kristoff and Anna. Kristoff himself is based on both Kai and the Robber Girl from the original tale, whereas Anna is based on Gerda and the Summer Witch, whom according to some adaptations of The Snow Queen, is the title Queen's sister.
* Although it was not mentioned in the film, Kristoff's last name, Bjorgman, was confirmed in the Essential Guide. In Scandinavian, 'Bjorg' means 'help' or 'salvation'.
* Apparently, Kristoff does not have very good hygiene; in one of his voice-overs for Sven, "Sven" admits Kristoff does not smell better than a reindeer. Also, the trolls mention in the song "Fixer Upper" that "though we know he washes well, he always ends up sort of smelly" and how he "tinkles in the woods" and "has a couple of bugs." He also shares carrots with Sven, allowing Sven to take a bite, then taking a bite himself - when he is seen briefly in Arendelle with Sven, Sven takes the whole carrot in his mouth, but Kristoff tells him to share. Sven then spits part of the carrot out (now saliva-covered), and Kristoff takes a bite from it.
* Kristoff dislikes wearing royal attire and can only last one hour by maximum in them.
* He proposes to Anna at the end of *Frozen 2*, meaning he will become the future king of Arendale when they are married.
* In the first movie, Kristoff meets Anna at Oaken's store, but not in the challenge.
* Whilst Kristoff is not an official prince in the line up nor was he born into royalty, he is still a prince as the princess falls in love with him and he becomes king after marrying Anna.
* Kristoff at first dislikes Oaken after Kristoff calls Oaken a crook since he doesn't have enough to buy supplies and is thrown out of his store. However, by the second film, Kristoff is shown (briefly) to be friends with with Oaken.
* At the end of the first film, Kristoff is "promoted" by Elsa as "the official Arendellian Ice Master and Deliverer".

## References

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1. ↑ Kristoff - Disney Wiki