Christian Steenstrup

{{Short description|Danish inventor}}

Christian Steenstrup (December 2, 1873 – November 28, 1955) was a Danish inventor who invented the hermetically sealed refrigeration unit while Chief Engineer at General Electric, and held over 100 patents.[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/30/archives/c-steenstrup-inventor-dies-retired-g-e-consultant-81-developed-a.html?sq=inventor%2520dies&scp=73&st=cse New York Times:C. STEENSTRUP, INVENTOR, DIES; Retired G. E. Consultant, 81, Developed a Refrigeration UnituHeld 128 Patents;November 30, 1955], [http://www.industrialdesignhistory.com/taxonomy/term/293 Industrial Design History;Christian Steenstrup;G.E. Monitor Top Refrigerator][https://books.google.com/books?id=HsLwJ44qyNUC&dq=Christian+Steenstrup+1955&pg=PA69 Niskayuna; By Schenectady County Historical Society;page 69][http://www.idsa.org/ge-monitor-top-refrigerator-1927 IDSA;G.E. Monitor Top Refrigerator (1927)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628010250/http://www.idsa.org/ge-monitor-top-refrigerator-1927 |date=2012-06-28 }}

His improvement to the refrigerator sent the sales of the G.E. Monitor Top refrigerator soaring.

Streenstrup immigrated to the US in 1894.