Born in Iceland in April 1878, he came to Canada in 1906 where he worked in building construction, sometimes in partnership with his younger brother Fridrik Kristjansson, responsible for houses and apartment blocks around Winnipeg. On 15 April 1911, he married Olive Emily Sketchley (1889-?) at Winnipeg. They later divorced. He died at Los Angeles, California on 14 July 1949. He endowed a scholarship at the University of Manitoba in the name of his brother Fridrik Kristjansson.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
260 Toronto Street, Winnipeg
1911
Demolished (2018)
Kristjansson Apartments
425 Beverley Street, Winnipeg
1913
Not built (2 March 1914)
212 Langside Street, Winnipeg
1925
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 101/1913 [Kristjansson Apartments], City of Winnipeg Archives.
“‘U’ given $20,000 scholarship bequest,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 December 1949, page 23.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 November 2026
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