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- "So he's a bit of a fixer-upper, but this we're certain of; you can fix this fixer-upper up with a little bit of love!"
- ―The Trolls to Anna on Kristoff
Kristoff Bjorgman is the tritagonist in Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen. He is voiced by Jonathan Groff.
Background[]
Kristoff was orphaned at a young age and placed in an orphanage thereafter.[1] He was nevertheless too adventurous and free-spirited to be contained in such a facility; he spent a majority of his time sneaking out and exploring the surrounding wilderness.[1] With a fascination of ice, Kristoff also occupied his time by tagging behind Arendelle's team of ice harvesters to observe their ethics in hopes of garnering their skill and eventually becoming an ice harvester himself.
Kristoff is always accompanied by his reindeer, Sven — his pet, best friend, and business partner. The two met during Kristoff's childhood, wherein during which, he found and rescued the reindeer fawn.[2] Since then, the two became inseparable and built a relationship akin to that of brothers. Kristoff's care for Sven was so great that he eventually began living by the philosophy that "reindeer are better than people", to which Sven would agree. Furthermore, although Sven cannot speak, both he and Kristoff have a mutual understanding of one another. So much that Kristoff has a habit to literally voice Sven's thoughts in a gruff, goofy, exaggerated tone. Sven doesn't seem to mind, and the voice-overs are surprisingly accurate. Interestingly, Kristoff uses this quirk to talk himself into doing the right thing in times of uncertainty.
Official Description[]
- Kristoff is a true outdoorsman. He lives high up in the mountains where he harvests ice and sells it to the kingdom of Arendelle. Rough around the edges, Kristoff’s the strong, no-nonsense type, who follows his own set of rules. He may seem like a loner, but he always has his best friend by his side—a loyal and extremely mangy reindeer named Sven.
Personality[]
Having spent his years without any real contact with lives outside of the trolls and Sven, Kristoff is a bit of an individualist, and acts as a loner. He can also be rather grumpy and selfish at times, as well as lazy. But with all these flaws comes a heart of gold, as well, as the ice harvester has shown multiple times throughout the film that he has a loving heart, and deeply cares for those who treat him with sympathy and love in return, such as Sven, the trolls, and (later) Anna. His relationship with Sven is a perfect example of his soft side, as he's shown to put Sven over anyone else, going as far as to only saving Sven's carrots when his sleigh was seconds away from being destroyed, leaving the other much needed equipment aboard, feeling Sven's happiness and health is far more important.
Kristoff is also known for doing voice overs for Sven, being able to understand the reindeer's thoughts via his expressions, and decided to simply speak for him when they have conversations. They also share a "duet" together; their nightly lullaby. And according to the lyrics of the lullaby Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People, Kristoff apparently had a distrust towards others, believing people will only hurt, cheat, and curse him, and that they're all bad, explaining his loner lifestyle.
Kristoff's loving side is brightly showcased during his time with Anna. Throughout the start of the adventure, Kristoff shows disinterest in going to find Elsa or assisting Anna in conquering the mountains, but soon comes around through the "persuasion" of Sven. And as the adventure continues, Kristoff grows attached to Anna's fun loving and sweet ways, becoming very protective of her, as well as loyal. By the end of the film, Kristoff and Anna fall in love completely, though the mountain man shows to be quite the shy, awkward one around his sweetheart, once again showing his softer side.
Physical appearance[]
Kristoff is a tall, good-looking, slender 21-year old man. He is also quite muscular and strong, no doubt from his several years as an ice harvester. He has blond hair (more golden than Anna's, but not as pale as Elsa's) which is later described as "unmanly" by the trolls (in the song "Fixer Upper"). He also has light brown eyes and (like almost every character) fair skin with a few freckles across his nose. His nose is quite big and his cheeks tend to redden a lot, either from the cold or embarrassment.
At the beginning of the film (when he is a child), his outfit consists of 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 (purplish-brown) collar and a blue patch on his right elbow, a burgundy sash tied around his waist, a dark blue long sleeved undershirt, brownish-green 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 is wearing pretty much the same outfit, minus the thick tunic and gloves (mostly likely because it is too warm).
Appearances[]
Frozen[]
A young Krstoff and Sven being adopted by Bulda.
At the start of the film, Kristoff is seen among ice harvesters as a young boy (he is 8 years old at this point, according to Disney). He is trying to learn their ways however he can as he tries to harvest ice himself, along with his reindeer calf, Sven. On one fateful day, Kristoff is following behind the other harvesters when he notices the King and Queen of Arendelle rush by him with their two daughters rapidly, the grass freezing as they travel by. Curious, Kristoff follows them to the Valley of Living Rock and discovers the trolls. He and Sven watch from a distance as the elder troll, Pabbie, heals Anna but erases her memories of Elsa's ice powers. As they spy, they are discovered by one of the trolls, Bulda, and she decides to take in the two orphans. From there, Kristoff and Sven became family with the trolls, officially taking residence in their valley. Years later, Kristoff and Sven sell ice in Arendelle for business, and are seen out in the village during Princess Elsa's coronation after the death of the original monarchs. Whilst the kingdom is abuzz with royals from all around, Kristoff and Sven are out and about too, but don't attend the castle festivities, likely because it's meant for royalty and VIPs only.
Meeting Anna[]
Kristoff meeting Anna at Oaken's shop.
He isn't seen again until later, after Elsa freezes the kingdom. He arrives at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna to buy rope, an ax, and carrots for Sven after experiencing a rough blizzard in the Northern Mountains, which Anna realizes is Elsa. He has been almost completely covered in a layer of ice and snow - all that is visible are his eyes, and later the bottom half of his face when he lowers his neckerchief. However, Kristoff doesn't have enough money for all of his items and calls Oaken a crook, causing an upset Oaken to toss him out. Kristoff decides to stay in a nearby shed with Sven for the night until Anna buys him the items he wanted, plus a winter outfit for herself, and asks him to guide her to the Northern Mountains. He says no at first, but after Anna tosses him the stuff he wanted to buy, he agrees to take her in the morning, but she demands they leave in that moment, which he agrees to after she reveals that she also purchased Sven's carrots.
The Journey[]
Sven convincing Kristoff to stay with Anna.
The trio head off as Anna explains her desire to marry Hans even though they just met that day. Kristoff argues about this, as he doesn't understand how a girl can marry someone she just met. Then they are chased by wolves and are about to fall off a cliff, but Kristoff tosses Anna onto Sven's back and cuts the rope to the sleigh, causing them to jump to the other side safely, but Kristoff's sleigh, along with nearly all their supplies, falls to the bottom and catches fire (most likely from the sleigh's lantern. Kristoff looks sad and mentions to himself that he "just paid it off" before Anna pulls him up. Feeling bad about causing him to lose his sleigh and nearly killing the three of them, Anna tells Kristoff that he doesn't have to take her anymore, but if he does, she will buy him a new sleigh. Kristoff is about to abandon her and go home when Sven "talks" to him (telling Kristoff that if he doesn't help Anna, she won't give him another sleigh, and she will probably die) and urges him to continue the journey with her.
Finding the Snow Queen[]
Kristoff and Anna escaping Marshmallow.
The group then stumble upon a talking snowman named Olaf and are freaked out by him. They ask him if he knows where to find Elsa, which he does. Olaf then sings and tell them that he dreams of doing things in summer. Kristoff states that "someone has to tell him" [that snow melts in summer] but Anna tells him "don't you dare" and smacks him in the arm. Olaf then leads them to Elsa's castle, Kristoff stares at the ice palace and is overwhelmed by it, awestruck by how beautiful and complex the ice palace is. Olaf, Sven, and Kristoff (who is extremely reluctant about not seeing the rest of this amazing structure) wait outside while Anna tries to convince Elsa to come back. Elsa, worried about harming her sister, refuses and tells her to run Arendelle while she lives alone and free in the mountains. Anna, however, informs her that she accidentally set off an eternal winter in the kingdom, and as she tries to convince Elsa that she can undo it, Elsa creates a snow storm inside and accidentally strikes Anna, freezing her heart. Elsa then orders her sister to leave again and creates Marshmallow to throw them out. Anna angers the snowmonster and it chases them from the castle and over a cliff. The group land softly in the snow below. As Kristoff helps Anna up, he notices her hair is turning white. Realizing that Elsa struck her again, Kristoff believes he has a solution, and leads the gang to the Valley of the Living Rock, where the trolls reside.
Family Reunion[]
Kristoff and Anna's "Fixer Upper" wedding.
Along the way there, Kristoff starts showing great worry and care for Anna, and unknowingly falls in love with her. Upon their arrival, Kristoff begins talking to the trolls, who, at the moment, look like normal boulders. Olaf says to Anna that Kristoff is crazy as they watch him talk to what looks like normal rocks, and Olaf tells Anna to run. The trolls then reveal themselves properly, and start greeting Kristoff. After exchanging pleasantries, Kristoff inquires as to the whereabouts of Grand Pabbie and learns that he's currently asleep. They then notice Anna and Olaf. Kristoff's adopted mother - Bulda - immediately assumes Anna is Kristoff's girlfriend, but when the two deny any romance, Bulda and the trolls try to convince them otherwise, telling them they're meant for each other. They arrange an entire wedding, but before it's complete, Anna nearly faints and loses balance, Kristoff catching her in his arms and anxiously informing the trolls she's freezing cold. Pabbie, although he is powerful, is unable to heal her, and he tells them that unless Anna can perform an act of true love, she'll freeze and die. Bulda believes the act of true love would be "true love's kiss," which prompts Kristoff to take Anna back to Arendelle so she may receive a kiss from Hans, her supposed true love. They reach Arendelle, and Kristoff sadly relinquishes her to Hans' care, believing that she will be truly happy with him. he then rides off, away from Arendelle, visibly gloomy and sad.
Race Back to Arendelle[]
Kristoff and Sven rushing back to Arendelle.
Unknowingly, Hans doesn't really love Anna, he was only using her to become the king of Arendelle. Kristoff heads out of Arendelle and Sven tries to convince him to go back, but Kristoff believes that Anna already has a true love and doesn't need him. Meanwhile, Olaf who got separated from the group, finds Anna lying in the library freezing, and he starts a fire for the princess. Back with Kristoff and Sven, the reindeer starts pushing Kristoff back towards Arendelle. When Kristoff sees a giant snowstorm (created by a frightened Elsa), he realizes that Anna is in danger and quickly rushes back to save her. Olaf sees the two heading back, and tells Anna that Kristoff is the one that truly loves her, and it's his kiss that can save her. Meanwhile, Hans informs the visiting dignitaries that Elsa killed Anna, and before she died, they married, making him the king. The lie is consumed, and Hans gains the throne. Needing her killed to put an end to winter, Hans follows the queen into the fjords as she tries to return to her ice castle. Anna and Olaf arrive in the fjord as well, but Elsa's mounting fear causes a harsh blizzard, speeding up Anna's dying process.
Summer Returns[]
The REAL true love's kiss.
Anna spots Kristoff from a distance, but she notices Hans and Elsa in the distance as well, where the evil prince is seconds away from murdering the Snow Queen with his sword. Sacrificing her life for her sister, Anna leaps to the rescue and puts herself between Elsa and Hans, freezing to death seconds before the sword hits her. The sword shatters against the Ice-Anna's hand, and Hans is knocked out from the impact just as Elsa realizes what happened. She tearfully mourns her sister, as Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf, who have just arrived, watch sadly from a distance. However, Anna's sacrifice was an act of true love (for her sister), and she is soon revived from her death, much to everyone's complete joy. And along with Anna's healing comes the entire kingdom's thawing. As Hans awakens, Kristoff's ready to beat him up for what he did, but Anna stops him and punches Hans herself, knocking him overboard. As the kingdom is restored, Anna gives Kristoff his promised new sleigh and makes him official ice deliverer. Kristoff is overjoyed at this, and he picks Anna up and spins her round exclaiming "I could kiss you". He immediately puts her down and stammers awkwardly "Well, I'd like to. We me? I mean, may we?" He blushes and goes quiet, and Anna kisses his cheek before saying "We may". Kristoff then kisses Anna properly, and they become a couple.
Kristoff is last seen skating with Sven and the others during the finale after Elsa creates an ice skating rink in the castle courtyard, celebrating her return as queen, as well as the revival of summer.
Frozen Fever[]
Kristoff in Frozen Fever.
Following the events of the film, Kristoff and Sven have become welcomed members of Anna and Elsa's extended family. On one particular day, Anna's 19th birthday arrives, and both Kristoff and Sven are enlisted to assist Elsa and Olaf in making preparations.
As Elsa prepares the cake in the castle courtyard, Kristoff and Sven handle the decorations, notably the banner. Though Elsa feels anxious about the event, the perfectionist inside of her causing distress, Kristoff serves as a token of optimism and reassures the Snow Queen that all is well. Eventually, it is time to awaken Anna, and Kristoff is left in charge to ensure the festivities and decorations remain intact during Elsa's absence. After the Snow Queen's departure, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven eventually fall asleep as they await the queen and princess' return, only to be awakened by miniature baby snowmen known as Snowgies, who immediately begin causing mayhem around the courtyard.
Flustered, Kristoff immediately takes action, with Sven and Olaf following behind. However, the Snowgies prove to be elusive, and they soon spot the birthday cake, instantly marking it as their delectable target. Noticing this, Kristoff ensures the cake remains intact but as the day goes along and more Snowgies randomly appear, the decorations are individually ruined. Even so, by the time Anna and Elsa arrive, the Snowgies have been tamed and the decorations restored as the surprise party kicks off. Kristoff greets Anna with a soft smile and wishes her a happy birthday, as well as excitingly proclaiming his love for her by saying "I love you, baby!" (much to his embarrassment) before the cake is distributed by Sven.
At the end of the short, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf travel to the North Mountain to move the Snowgies in with Marshmallow in Elsa's ice palace.
Olaf's Frozen Adventure[]
Kristoff appears in the featurette, which focuses on Anna and Elsa's first Christmas as a reunited family. Like the rest of Arendelle (save for the royal family), Kristoff has his own holiday tradition—this being an annual celebration honoring a jolly fungus troll that was tragically killed by humans.
Frozen II[]
Kristoff and Sven leading a herd of Northuldra reindeer.
Three years after their first meeting, 24-year-old[3] Kristoff is seriously in love with Anna and has decided to propose to her. He begins spiffing himself up, getting a manicure from Oaken and talking with Sven about his plans, only to admit that he's terrible at things like pulling out rings and setting candlelight dinners. When Elsa hears a mysterious voice leading to the Enchanted Forest and Anna and Olaf insist on coming along, he agrees to take them there via Sven. He begins his attempts to propose to Anna, but every attempt seems to go badly wrong, as they either accidentally offend her, or she misses them entirely due to being preoccupied. In the Enchanted Forest, Kristoff meets and bonds with Ryder Nattura over their shared love of reindeer. Ryder, seeing Kristoff's love of Anna, decides to help him, as his people, the Northuldra, have a special method of proposing to a woman which involves reindeer. Anna, however, is distracted following Elsa and thinks that Kristoff has left her. When Kristoff finally unveils his grand proposal, he finds that the woman that has entered the clearing is not Anna, but rather the Northuldra leader Yelana, who comically refuses his proposal with a flat no. She informs him that the princess left with the queen and advises him not to follow as they are long gone.
Kristoff, bereft, sings a reprise of the song "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People", and has a sort of vision or fantasy in which Sven sings his own response, telling him to let down his guard. He and the other reindeers then perform a power ballad, "Lost in the Woods", in which he admits that Anna is the love of his life, and he doesn't know what to do without her around.
Later, Anna summons the Earth Giants to destroy a dam that is draining the Northuldra magic. Kristoff, riding on Sven, notices the roaming giants and rushes over just in time to rescue Anna from getting crushed before she could reach the dam. He tells her, "I'm here, what do you need?" Anna replies, "To get to the dam." and he carries her to the dam without question so that she can destroy it with the aid of the giants. When Lieutenant Mattias questions Anna’s actions, Anna reveals that Elsa discovered the truth about the war: King Runeard had constructed the dam to hurt the forest, as opposed to strengthen it. She also reveals that Elsa potentially passed on as she discovered this truth. Learning of the potential death of another sovereign of Arendelle he was sworn to protect, Mattias is convinced to aid Anna in getting the Earth Giants to destroy the dam to lift the curse by drawing their attention with his guardsmen and avenge Elsa. As the dam collapses, Kristoff saves Anna from falling with it alongside Mattias.
In the end, Anna and Kristoff are relieved when they discover that Elsa is alive. They learn from Elsa that their actions in destroying the dam are what saved her, and that she managed to save Arendelle from destruction by the floods of the destroyed dam. Together, Anna, Elsa and Kristoff reconstruct Olaf, who faded away as a result of Elsa’s sacrifice. Kristoff reveals that he has one last thing to say, and with Elsa watching on with a warm smile, this time fully accepting of the marriage proposal Anna is being given by Kristoff, he is finally able to make his proposal, which Anna happily accepts. Elsa abdicates her throne to Anna so that she can stay in the forest, and everyone else prepares to return to Arendelle, where Kristoff gets spiffed up for Anna’s coronation, a gesture she appreciates, though she jokingly states she prefers him in leather. Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven join Anna as she and the newly-promoted General Mattias unveil a new statue of a younger Agnarr and Iduna to honor their memory and the new unity between Arendelle and the Enchanted Forest.
Other appearances[]
An emoticon version of Kristoff appeared in the Frozen, Frozen Fever, and Olaf's Frozen Adventure entries of the As Told by Emoji short series.
Kristoff plays a supporting role in LEGO Frozen Northern Lights. This version of Kristoff is somewhat pompous and pretentious as he repeatedly tries to impress Anna and Elsa with his survival skills, only to fail and end up humiliated in the process. He tends to be the butt of many jokes as a result of this.
In Once Upon a Studio, Kristoff can be seen with Sven, MacBadger, Ratty, Mole, Ryder Nattura , and Honeymaren in his travel outfit walking past some Dalmatian Puppies, who are watching Night on Bald Mountain from Fantasia on a TV. As he passes them, he says to them, "Come on puppies, you're going to have nightmares." at which, Chernabog, immediately jump scares the puppies by coming out of the tv. He joins in the picture along with the rest of Disney characters.
Live-action appearances[]
Once Upon a Time[]
Kristoff appears in the fourth season of Once Upon a Time along with Anna and Elsa and is played by actor Scott Michael Foster. In a time frame set two years after the events equivalent to the events of Frozen and one year before the first Dark Curse within the general Once timeline, Kristoff and Anna are engaged to be married.
After discovering their parents were heading off to a land known as Mist Haven for an unspecified reason involving Elsa, Anna boards a ship heading for the mysterious land alone, leaving Kristoff behind to both keep Elsa company and keep her distracted. After searching for Anna for a short while, Elsa confronts Kristoff and Sven on her whereabouts. Kristoff attempts to hold the fort, but Elsa eventually realizes the truth and heads out to Arendelle's port in order to stop her sister from journeying off alone. Kristoff follows behind, but by the time they arrive, Anna has already departed.
Sometimes during Anna's quest in the Enchanted Forest, Elsa begins to feel worried about her sister's safety. Kristoff, however, is confident that Anna will be fine. When one of the scouts reported that Hans and his twelve brothers are approaching Arendelle from the Southern Mountains, Kristoff offers to sneak into the mountains to spy on them, only for Elsa to insist that, as the ruling Queen of Arendelle, she should handle the situation herself. Nevertheless, Kristoff decides to go against her decision and sneak into the Southern Mountains with Sven. He managed to find their campsite and eavesdrop on the princes' new plan to take over Arendelle. He returns to Elsa and informed her that they are planning to use a special urn that can trap people like Elsa with magical powers. Hans suggested having a few soldiers accompanied him to the North Valley to find and destroy the urn before Hans and his brothers find it first. On Elsa's insistent, he should take only her. They travel to the North Valley, where the urn is hidden in a cave. Upon finding it, Hans and three of his brothers arrived and surround them. Hans holds Kristoff hostage and demands Elsa to surrender the urn. Elsa eventually gives Hans the urn and tells Kristoff to go find Anna and save Arendelle. As he's held captive by one of Hans' brothers, Kristoff could only watch as the evil prince uncaps the urn and pours out a living white liquid substance that will supposedly trap Elsa. However, instead of latching onto Elsa, the liquid moves to an isolated spot next to her and morphs into the Snow Queen. Kristoff and Elsa watch as the Snow Queen turns Hans into an ice statue, as the result of his insult in calling Elsa a monster, while his brothers flee the scene. Though the Snow Queen is wary of Kristoff, Elsa convinced her that he is her ally.
Prior to Anna's return from the Enchanted Forest, Kristoff tries to get a moody Sven to eat his carrots. Exasperated, he wonders out loud what's wrong with him. Anna then appears at the stable's doorway, having returned from her trip through her temporary control of Rumplestiltskin's dagger, and suggest that the reindeer probably missed her. Overjoyed by her return, Kristoff embraces Anna in a hug, and they share a kiss.
Later, Anna was discussing with Kristoff about her introduction to the Snow Queen, Ingrid, revealed to be her and Elsa's aunt. Though doubtful about Ingrid's family ties, since she isn't found in any of the family portraits or records. Unbeknown to both, the suspicions are correct. After Anna is released from Ingrid's magic spell, where she unexpectedly imprisoned Elsa in the urn while blinded by her anger, the Snow Queen furiously moves to choke her only to be stopped by an intervening Kristoff, armed with his ice pick. Kristoff and Anna can only stand idly by as Ingrid, after being consumed with disgust and remarks how the two are looking at her like a monster, turns the couple into frozen statues as Arendelle itself also ices over.
30 years after being frozen in a state of suspended animation, Kristoff, Anna, and the kingdom of Arendelle finally thawed out as the result of Ingrid casting her Spell of Shattered Sight in Storybrooke. While they were discussing on rescuing Elsa from Rumplestiltskin, they were confronted by an unfrozen Hans and his brothers, who had just declared Arendelle as his kingdom. Feigning that Anna had dethroned her sister, Hans had the couple arrested for treason, but Kristoff and Anna, after pretending they surrender, managed to fight their way out and escape.
After escaping the castle, Kristoff and Anna decide to go to the pirate Blackbeard to look for the wishing star. When they get to Blackbeard, they say they will pay for the wishing star in his weight in gold. Hans and his brothers suddenly appear and tell Anna and Kristoff that the whole thing was a setup. Hans then had the two tied up and placed in a large trunk, where he had them toss overboard at the bottom of a spot in the sea called Poseidon's Boneyard, where Anna and Elsa's parent died several years prior. Though the trunk is filling up with water fast, Kristoff managed to free himself and Anna from the binds. Thinking this is the end for them, Anna begins reciting her marriage vows to him. He assures her that they will marry once they escape. With the trunk almost completely filled up with water, they proclaim their love for each other and prepare to meet their fate. Fortunately, through Elsa wishing that she could know what happened to her sister and that she could see her again, the trunk they're in are magically transported to Storybrooke. After reuniting with Elsa, and meeting Emma Swan, the group head to the sheriff's office. Finally, the inhabitants of Storybrooke brace themselves as the curse falls upon the town and begins to take its effect. Although Anna, Elsa, and Emma will be immune to the curse, Kristoff, after trying to resist, looks at Anna one last time before he's affected.
Later, an affected Regina, in her Evil Queen attire, arrived at the sheriff's station originally hunting down Emma but finds Kristoff, Anna, Mary Margaret, and David instead. Before she duels with Mary Margaret, Regina teleported Anna and Kristoff to the beachfront. Frustrated, Kristoff gives up on the current situation and attempt to swim back to Arendelle, only to be knocked out by Anna using the bottle that contains her mother's message. The message Anna found would eventually convince Ingrid to end the curse, but at the expense of her own life.
In the mid-season finale, "Heroes and Villains", Kristoff, Anna, and Elsa prepare to leave Storybrooke for Arendelle and must head back as quickly as possible as Hans, Anna's ex has conquered Arendelle. After Rumplestiltskin's defeat by Belle, Kristoff, Elsa and Anna say goodbye and go through the portal to Arendelle, where Elsa continues ruling the kingdom and Kristoff and Anna marry.
Printed media[]
Frozen: Northern Lights[]
Kristoff plays a central role in the book series. In the first installment, Journey to the Lights, he takes Anna and Elsa to the Crystal Ceremony, an annual event held by the trolls in which Grand Pabbie grants crystals to the deserving younger trolls. Kristoff considers this particular ceremony to be fairly special, compared to the others, due to the fact that his close friend, Little Rock, is being honored. Little Rock once saved Kristoff's life—in the past, some of the younger trolls made a sandwich for Kristoff, not knowing the ingredients they used were poisonous to humans. Little Rock was able to identify the hazard and smacked the food away before Kristoff could consume it.
The story also reveals that Kristoff tends to celebrate his mother's birthday by picking flowers and singing songs.
A Twisted Tale: Conceal, Don't Feel[]
In a world where Elsa's interference resulted in Anna being cursed and her and Elsa's memories of each other being erased, Anna meets Kristoff when she's a teenager living in a remote village with her 'adopted' parents (a baker's couple where the wife was a good friend of Idunna). Although the two only have brief encounters as they grow up, Anna eventually asks for Kristoff's help in getting to Arendelle to find out what caused the freeze as Elsa's powers go out of control on the day of the coronation. During their efforts, Kristoff is told about the curse by the trolls when Anna tries to find Elsa with Hans, and is present when the curse is finally broken as both sisters regain their lost memories.
Other books[]
Kristoff and Anna are the focus of Anna Is Our Babysitter, where Grand Pabbie and the trolls must leave the Valley of the Living Rock for a congress of magic, leaving the infant trolls in the hands of Kristoff and Anna.
In Frozen Spring Fever, it is learned that Kristoff has had a lingering dream of competing against fellow ice harvesters in the annual "Ice Games", which acts as an Olympic-esque event for ice harvesters, and their families. Unfortunately, only humans can participate, and since Kristoff's only friends were Sven and the trolls, he was repeatedly ineligible to participate. Upon hearing this, however, Anna and Elsa volunteer to join Kristoff's team, to finally bring his dream to fruition.
Video games[]
Kingdom Hearts III[]
Kristoff in Kingdom Hearts III.
Kristoff makes an appearance in the world of Arendelle, first meeting Sora, Donald, and Goofy when he overhears Sora voicing his excitement over seeing Olaf. Kristoff remains suspicious of them on account of recent occurrences such as the Heartless (whom he mistakes for hostile wildlife) going around until Anna vouches for them that they can be trusted. When Anna asks Kristoff to take Sven and Olaf elsewhere for the moment, he returns later to reveal that Olaf had fallen to pieces after a Heartless ambush, and Anna asks Sora, Donald, and Goofy to help find them.
They later arrive at Elsa's ice palace, but Sora, Donald, and Goofy remain outside with Sven while Kristoff goes in with Anna and Olaf. Sometime later, Sora is startled when Kristoff, Anna, and Olaf are tossed out of Elsa's palace by Marshmallow, and despite his attempts to stop her from doing so, Kristoff is unable to stop Anna from enraging Marshmallow by throwing a snowball at him. Sora offers to distract him while Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven escape.
After escorting Anna safely back to Arendelle, Kristoff and Sven reunite with Sora, Donald, and Goofy and brings the trio up to speed. They spot a storm brewing on the fjord; Kristoff runs back looking for Anna, only to spot her, slowly freezing, a short distance away. As Kristoff rushes to her aid, he is unable to reach her in time before Anna sacrifices herself to save Elsa from Prince Hans, who summons a Heartless for Sora to fight. When Sora emerges triumphant and slays the Heartless, he finds Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf, mourning the loss of Anna as Elsa embraces her little sister and cries her heart out in grief. However, Anna's sacrifice constituted an act of true love, and she is soon restored to flesh and blood. Kristoff joins in the jubilation and with Sven and Olaf, he watches as Elsa ends Arendelle's eternal winter, bringing spring back to the kingdom. In the game's epilogue, Kristoff and Anna are sledding down a mountain that sends them flying off their sled and land safely thanks to an ice slide conjured by Elsa.
Disney Heroes: Battle Mode[]
Kristoff appears as a playable character who can summon Sven with his guitar in addition to throwing snowballs and freezing enemies with an ice block.
Disney Dreamlight Valley[]
Kristoff appears in the game even in the early release, having been trapped in the Forest of Valor by Giant Night Thorns when Donald Duck went after The Forgetting to retrieve the Orb of Courage. When he's found, he needs the player's help to rescue Donald from the Dark Realm of The Forgetting. After retrieving a feather of Donald's along with a plant from the Dark Realm, Merlin is able to use them to help create a tracking device to find Donald in the Dark Realm. Once he's found and gives the Orb of Courage to the player to return to the Pillar in the Forest of Valor, with the Orb returned, Donald is returned safely to the Valley, and Kristoff is grateful for the help.
However, when the player frees Mother Gothel from her imprisonment, this threatens to bring The Forgetting back. As part of a plan from the Disney Villainesses, AKA Gothel and Ursula, to stop it, Kristoff is forced to give up his memories of Anna to ensure The Forgetting doesn't return. After Anna returns to the Valley, she makes it her top priority to help get Kristoff's memories of her back, and does so successfully with the player's help.
Musical[]
Jelani Alladin as Kristoff in the Frozen musical.
Kristoff's role in the stage version of Frozen was originated by actor Jelani Alladin. While his character traits and personality have remained faithful to the animated film, some changes have been made for the adaptation. The first of which is Kristoff's family; instead of trolls, the stage version has a group of Scandinavian creatures called the "hidden folk". They are summoned by a distinctive call that very few know, with Kristoff being one of those few.
In the stage version, Kristoff first meets Anna on Coronation Day, after she runs into his ice kart following "For the First Time in Forever". When Kristoff encounters Anna again in the midst of her journey to find Elsa, he provides her with a mountaineer outfit similar to his own, which she later gives up for her iconic winter gear when they meet Oaken in the second act of the show.
In response to the character's limited amount of singing in the film, Bobby and Kristina Lopez made sure to include Kristoff in a number of new songs for the Broadway play. One of which includes a duet with Anna called "What Do You Know About Love?". Replacing the wolf chase sequence, the song highlights Kristoff and Anna's differing opinions on the idea of "true love", with Kristoff questioning Anna's intelligence and Hans' legitimacy. During the number, Kristoff and Anna save each other from plummeting off a frozen bridge, which ensures them that they can trust each other. After Anna's heart is frozen by Elsa, Kristoff performs "Kristoff's Lullaby", a solo that acts as a reprise to "What Do You Know About Love?".
Disney Parks[]
Kristoff posing for a photo at one of the Disney parks.
Kristoff makes various, special appearances at the Disney theme parks, though he is currently unavailable for meet-and-greets. When asked about him, Anna and Elsa mention that he is back in Arendelle.
Disneyland[]
Kristoff appears briefly in the winter renditions of Disney California Adventure's nighttime spectacular World of Color. He also appears in the 2015 rendition of the show, alongside Anna.
Kristoff also appears in Frozen: Live at the Hyperion.
Kristoff is currently making meet-and-greet appearances with Olaf in the Disneyland park.
Walt Disney World[]
On July 5, 2014, Kristoff made his Disney theme park debut at Disney's Hollywood Studios during the Frozen Summer Fun event. Here, Kristoff appears in the Frozen Royal Welcome introductory parade, the Frozen Sing Along show (where the story of the film is told with live accompaniment in the form of Kristoff, Anna, and Elsa), and the finale fireworks display. He appears during identical events in Disneyland Paris.
Kristoff also takes part in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party in 2014.
During these events, the ice harvester also appears during A Frozen Holiday Wish show, serving as the host alongside Anna, Elsa, and Olaf.
Kristoff also appears as an audio-animatronic in Frozen Ever After, in Epcot. He is seen near Elsa's ice palace, performing a duet version of "For the First Time in Forever" with Anna.
At Disney's Blizzard Beach, Kristoff and Olaf host the Frozen Games throughout the summer of 2016. He dons his summer wear for the first time in the parks during this event.
Tokyo Disney Resort[]
In Tokyo Disneyland, Kristoff appears during the 2016 parade for Anna and Elsa's Frozen Fantasy, featured on his own float—shared with Anna and Sven—modeled after the sleigh Anna gifted him with at the end of the film.
Disneyland Paris[]
In France, Kristoff appeared in Disney Dreams! and currently appears in Disney Stars on Parade.
Shanghai Disneyland[]
In the China park, Kristoff's likeness appears on the Frozen mosaic mural inside the Enchanted Storybook Castle. He also makes an appearance during the Frozen Sing-Along Celebration show in the Fantasyland theater.
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Trivia[]
- According to the director/writer Jennifer Lee, Kristoff is 21.
- It should be noted that Kristoff's current design is much like an early design for Flynn Rider from Tangled, known as "Bear Flynn" or "Bastion". That design was bulky, largely-built, and that version of Flynn Rider was sweet and charming (much unlike Kristoff's overall character).
- Both Kristoff's voice actor (Jonathan Groff) and Elsa's voice actress (Idina Menzel) have been recurring characters on the FOX television series Glee. Groff played a character named Jesse St. James, a love interest to the character of Rachel Berry. Menzel played Rachel's mother, and the vocal coach of Jesse's Glee Club, Vocal Adrenaline.
- Interestingly, despite being the male lead with a massively large role in the film, Kristoff is not the most heavily marketed character after Anna, Elsa, and the easily marketable Olaf. That instead goes to Sven, who is constantly featured as Olaf's sidekick/companion in marketing and other promotional material.
- It is unknown who voiced Kristoff as a little boy.
- Kristoff's the first Disney Prince to be based on a female character, as he's based on the Robber Girl from The Snow Queen. From the original story, the Robber Girl's the one who helps Gerda (the main protagonist, Anna, is based off of) through her journey, and she also has a pet reindeer.
- Kristoff is the second Disney Prince to be a tritagonist rather than a deuteragonist or a protagonist, the first being Li Shang from Mulan.
- Kristoff and Shang are also similar to each other personality wise in that compared to their respective princesses, who have more adventurous personalities, Kristoff and Shang have more serious and logical personalities. They are also both kind of shy and awkward.
- Kristoff is the second Disney Prince to have blonde hair, the first being John Smith from Pocahontas.
- Kristoff's the second Disney Prince to be an orphan after Flynn Rider from Tangled, although while Flynn grew up in an orphanage, Kristoff was raised by trolls.
- Kristoff is the sixth Disney Prince not born into royalty, the first being Aladdin, the second being John Smith, the third being John Rolfe (the second love interest to Pocahontas), the fourth being Shang and the fifth being Flynn. Despite this, he has some royal family connections as he was adopted by troll royalty.
- Kristoff is the seventh Disney Hero to have a last name, the first being John Smith, the second being Buzz Lightyear, the third being John Rolfe, the fourth being Li Shang, the fifth being Milo Thatch, and the sixth being Flynn Rider, whose real name is Eugene Fitzherbert.
- Kristoff is the second Disney Prince who does not have a love song and a romantic duet with his love interest. The first being Li Shang.
- Kristoff bears a slight resemblance to Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- Also, both Kristoff and Phoebus are the tritagonists of their films.
- Kristoff is the first to fall in love with Anna since Hans did not really love her.
- Kristoff is similar to Sergeant Calhoun from Wreck-It Ralph because they both travel with someone in order to find a sibling figure and prevent a bigger catastrophe in their land (Calhoun traveled with Felix to find Ralph and stop the Cy-Bug invasion while Kristoff travels with Anna to find Elsa and stop the eternal winter) also both of them fall in love with the person they traveled with.
- He is also similar to Robert from Enchanted, because Anna must spend time with him away from Hans (whom she believes is her true love) with him, and realizes she is in love with him instead. In Enchanted, Giselle must spend time away from Prince Edward with Robert, and falls in love with Robert during her stay.
- Kristoff is the third Disney Prince to be shown as a child onscreen, the first being Prince Phillip and the second being Aladdin.
- He is the second prince to not marry his princess at the film's end, the first being John Smith. However, Anna and Kristoff might get married in a sequel, as that's happened to other Disney Princesses (Jasmine, Mulan and Rapunzel, respectively).
- Kristoff bears some similarities to Flynn Rider:
- They both go on a journey with the princess because of a bargain between them.
- Kristoff and Flynn fell in love with Anna and Rapunzel along the way.
- Both have an animal companion during the trip.
- They're both similar in personality, such as being used to working alone.
- They both experience a lot of injuries in their films.
- Kristoff is the third orphaned Disney Hero to not be raised by humans, the first being Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, and second being Tarzan, who was raised by gorillas as his biological parents were killed by a leopard.
- Jonathan Groff, the actor who voices Kristoff, is openly gay, making Kristoff the second Disney Prince to be voiced by an openly gay actor, after BD Wong who voiced Li Shang from Mulan.
- Kristoff is the third tritagonist who does not have an interaction with the main villain. (The first is Bagheera, even though he knew Shere Khan he never interacts with him throughout the film or its sequel), The second is Fix-It Felix, even though he knew Turbo and his history he never interacts with him in the film.)
- It is unknown if he remembers his first encounter with Elsa and Anna when they were little when the royal family went to the trolls to heal their daughter, but it is possible since he told Anna that he already had seen the troll heal someone before. If this is the case, he's the first person to learn about Elsa's powers.
- Kristoff has a few similarities to Aladdin.
- Both are orphans.
- Both have an animal for a best friend (Abu for Aladdin, Sven for Kristoff)
- Both fall in love with a princess.
- Both at one point were seen as kids.
- Both are befriended by a magical comedic creature. (Genie for Aladdin, Olaf for Kristoff)
- Kristoff is actually a variation of the name "Christopher". In Norway, the spelling is "Kristoffer", and it is a very popular name.
- It could also be a reference to Hans Christian Anderson, the author of "The Little Mermaid" and "The Snow Queen".
- When Olaf first met Kristoff, he asked Anna "who the funky looking donkey" was. Anna assumed he meant Sven the reindeer and told Olaf his name was Sven. However, Olaf was referring to Kristoff - this was shown when he asked who the reindeer was, and Anna confusingly told him his name was Sven. This caused Olaf to think both Kristoff and Sven were named "Sven" and continued to call Kristoff "Sven" until he was corrected when they went to Kristoff's family of rocks, who shouted "Kristoff is back!" and Olaf realized Kristoff's real name.
- Apparently, Kristoff does not have the best of hygiene; in one of his voice overs for Sven, "Sven" says Kristoff does not smell better than a reindeer. Also, his troll family mentions 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" (though the last one could refer to his flaws). 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 (now saliva-covered) carrot out, and Kristoff takes a bite from it.
- In the credits of Frozen there is a disclaimer which states that Kristoff's views are his own views and do not represent the views of the filmmakers or The Walt Disney Company as inferred from this quote: "What if you don't like the way he eats? What if you don't like the way he picks his nose?" To which Anna states he's a Prince, implying he wouldn't do such a thing. Kristoff's response is "All men do it." The disclaimer reads as follows:
The views and opinions by Kristoff in the film that all men eat their boogers are solely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Walt Disney Company or the filmmakers. Neither The Walt Disney Company nor the filmmakers make any representation of the accuracy of any such views and opinions. - Kristoff and his love interest Anna share many things in common throughout the movie.
- Both are awkward and shy.
- Both don't have much human contact.
- Both lived lonely lives in the past.
- Both talk to inanimate objects (Anna talks to the paintings on the walls while Kristoff talks to the inanimate trolls mistaken for rocks).
- Both love ice.
- Both share the sentences "Wait, what?"
- Kristoff also has many things in common with Prince Naveen from The Princess and the Frog:
- Both of them make deals with their respective princesses for help navigating an unfamiliar area in return for something they want. (Kristoff helps Anna reach North Mountain after she agrees to replace the sled he lost, while Naveen enlists Tiana's help in getting out of the swamp and promises in turn to give her the money to purchase her restaurant.)
- Both of them gradually fall in love on their journeys, but decide to put it aside and go along with previous engagements so their love interests can be happy. (Kristoff returns Anna to Arendelle so she can go through with her engagement to Hans, who he assumes is her true love, while Naveen resolves to marry Charlotte La Bouff so that he can buy Tiana her restaurant.)
- Incidentally, neither Tiana nor Anna are aware of their respective princes' feelings for them until they are told by other companions. (Ray revealed to Tiana that Naveen intended to propose to her, while Olaf revealed to Anna that Kristoff left her with Hans because he loved her.)
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