Kristoff (Disney)

Kristoff
Frozen character
Kristoff, the male lead in Frozen
First appearance	Frozen
Created by	Chris Buck Jennifer Lee
Voiced by	Jonathan Groff Tyree Brown (as a child)
Information
Full name	Kristoff Bjorgman
Occupation	Iceman
Title	Royal Ice Master and Deliverer
Family	Sven (companion) Bulda (adoptive mother) Grand Pabbie (adoptive grandfather) Rock Trolls (adoptive family)

Kristoff Bjorgman is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd animated feature Frozen (2013). He is voiced primarily by actor Jonathan Groff.

Kristoff is an iceman living together with his reindeer companion Sven. Albeit preferring a solitary life, he helps Princess Anna of Arendelle to find her older sister Elsa in the North Mountain.

In the early development, Kristoff was originally Kai as in Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen", but later he was designed as combination of Kai and the robber girl.

He is primarily voiced by Jonathan Groff.

Kristoff is tall, rugged, handsome, and in his early twenties. His build is a distinct variation on most Disney heroes. He has broad shoulders, large hands and feet, and a muscular build. He is significantly larger than Anna and over 6' tall when he stands up straight (as shown by the fact that he bends over to get through the front door of Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna). His build is a realistic consequence of his rough life as a mountain-dwelling ice harvester.

Kristoff is the first major character to appear in the movie, and is introduced during "Frozen Heart", as an eight-year-old orphan boy with his baby reindeer, Sven, who becomes his best friend. He is trying to mimic the harvest ice like grown-up icemen do. Later that night, Sven is pulling him through the woods when the two horses belonging to the royal family of Arendelle ride past him at speed while transporting Anna to the trolls. Kristoff becomes intrigued as one of them is leaving behind a trail of ice (as that horse is carrying a distraught Elsa). From a distance, Kristoff watches as Pabbie, leader of the trolls, heals Anna's head. At the same time, one of the female trolls Bulda adopts Kristoff as her own child.

13 years later, Kristoff grows to be an ice harvester who lives in the mountains near Arendelle. He is briefly seen in Arendelle selling ice while the camera tracks through Arendelle prior to Elsa's coronation. Kristoff is not seen again until Anna shows up at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna on her search for Elsa. Kristoff arrives moments after Anna shows up, covered in snow, seeking to purchase carrots for Sven and climbing rope. From him, Anna knows that the blizzard in Arendelle comes from the North Mountain. Anna assumes that is where Elsa is hiding. However, he is thrown out of the store for calling Oaken a crook. Anna buys all of Kristoff's items and urges him to take her on a trip up the North Mountain. Kristoff is reluctant to help her at first but eventually gives in.