title: Stefansson
text: # 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
  