Karsten

Karsten or Carsten is a both a given name and a surname. In Greek the name means "anointed".

It is also known to be derived from a Low German form of Christian. Notable persons with the name include:

Given name

• Carsten Niebuhr (1733–1815), German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark
• Karsten Solheim (1911-2000), Norwegian-born American golf club designer, businessman
• Carsten Pohl (born 1965), German basketball coach
• Karsten Forsterling (born 1980), Australian rower
• Karsten Warholm (born 1996), Norwegian athlete
• Big Daddy Karsten (born 1989), 2017 Eurovision Jury List; Norwegian Pre-select for Eurovision (Melodi Grand Prix 2021)

Surname

• Adrian Karsten (1960–2005), U.S. college football reporter
• Christoffer Christian Karsten (1756–1827), Swedish opera singer
• Ekaterina Karsten (born 1972), Belarusian Olympic rower
• Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten (1783-1856), Swedish painter
• Frank Karsten (born 1984), Dutch Magic: The Gathering player
• Frank M. Karsten (1913–1992), U.S. politician
• George Karsten (1863-1937), German botanist
• Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817–1908), German botanist and geologist
• Gustav Karsten (1820–1900), German physicist
• Kai Karsten (born 1968), German Olympic sprinter
• Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten (1782–1853), German mineralogist
• Karl G. Karsten (1891-1968), American economist, statistician and businessman
• Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), Finnish mycologist
• Sophie Karsten (1783-1862), Swedish dancer and artist
• Sophie Mariane Karsten (1753-1848), Polish opera singer
• Thomas Karsten (1885–1945), Dutch engineer
• Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732-1787), German mathematician

Other

• Karsten (fish), a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae

See also

• MV Carsten
• Carstens
• Karstens (disambiguation)