Stefansson
# Stefansson

Stefansson or Stefánsson is a surname of Icelandic or Swedish origin, meaning son of Stefán. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic. The name may refer to:

* Baldur R. Stefansson (1917–2002), Canadian agricultural scientist; known as the Father of Canola
* Davíð Stefánsson (1895–1964), Icelandic poet
* Hannes Stefánsson (born 1972), Icelandic chess grandmaster
* Hermann Stefánsson (born 1968), Icelandic author
* Ívar Stefánsson (1927–2009), Icelandic cross-country skier
* Janne Stefansson (born 1935), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier
* Jón Arnór Stefánsson (born 1982), Icelandic professional basketball player
* Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 1963), Icelandic author
* Kári Stefánsson (born 1949), Icelandic physician and professor of neurology; co-founder of deCODE Genetics
* Ólafur Stefánsson (born 1973), Icelandic professional handball player
* Sigurd Stefánsson, the author of the historical Skálholt Map
* Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980), Icelandic politician; prime minister of Iceland 1947–49
* Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018), Icelandic film and stage actor
* Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879–1962), Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist
