Elsa is 5’7″ (170 cm). Anna is 5’5″ (165 cm). Both heights come from Frozen co-director Jennifer Lee, who answered fan questions about the sisters on social media. Disney has never published an official character chart, but Lee’s numbers have been the canonical reference since 2014. Below: every Frozen character’s height, the source for it, and a quick chart.
Frozen character height chart
| Character | Height | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Elsa | 5’7″ (170 cm) | Director Jennifer Lee |
| Anna | 5’5″ (165 cm) | Director Jennifer Lee |
| Kristoff | ~6’1″ (185 cm) | Animation reference, fan estimate |
| Hans | ~6’0″ (183 cm) | Animation reference, fan estimate |
| Olaf | ~2’6″–3’0″ (76–91 cm) | Director Jennifer Lee |
| Sven (at shoulder) | ~5’0″ (152 cm) | Reindeer reference scale |
| Sven (with antlers) | ~7’–8′ (213–244 cm) | On-screen scaling |
| Marshmallow | ~12’0″ (366 cm) | On-screen scaling vs Anna |
How tall is Elsa?
Elsa stands 5 feet 7 inches — about 170 cm — based on Jennifer Lee’s confirmation. That makes her a few inches taller than her younger sister and roughly average for a young Norwegian woman, which fits Arendelle’s Scandinavian setting.
Lee herself called Olaf’s older Disney Wiki listing of 5’4″ “probably a typo.” If you’ve seen that figure floating around online, it’s wrong.
How tall is Anna?
Anna is 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm). She is two inches shorter than Elsa, which lines up with how the two are framed in nearly every shared shot in the films — Anna’s eye-line sits just below Elsa’s.
How tall is Olaf?
Olaf is roughly 2’6″ to 3′ tall (about 76–91 cm). He is built from three stacked snowballs, with the bottom ball at knee-height of the human characters. Compare him to Anna in any scene where they stand together: Olaf’s head reaches her hip, not her shoulder.
How tall is Kristoff?
Disney has never given Kristoff an official number. Animation supervisors sized him as the tallest human in the main cast — fan estimates land him at roughly 6’1″ (185 cm). In group shots, he’s clearly a head taller than Anna.
How tall is Hans?
Hans is around 6’0″ (183 cm) — slightly shorter than Kristoff and noticeably taller than the sisters. Disney never confirmed an exact number.
How tall is Sven?
Sven stands about 5 feet at the shoulder, the size of a real Eurasian tundra reindeer. Including antlers, he reaches 7–8 feet on screen. The films exaggerate his size slightly compared to a real reindeer’s ~3’9″ shoulder height for visual presence.
How old is Elsa?
Elsa is 21 at the start of Frozen (her coronation). She turns 24 by Frozen 2, set three years later. Anna is 18 in Frozen and 21 in Frozen 2.
What’s next: Frozen 3
Frozen 3 opens November 24, 2027 — the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Disney announced in 2024 that Frozen 3 and Frozen 4 will film simultaneously, the first time an animated franchise has produced two sequels in tandem. Heights for any new characters will only be confirmed once the films release.
FAQs
Is Elsa really 5’7″?
Director Jennifer Lee said so. Disney has never put it in writing officially, but no one closer to the character’s design has contradicted that figure.
Why does Olaf look 5 feet tall in some pictures?
Animation cheats. Olaf is often framed at low angles or close-up to keep him in the shot with the human cast. Stand him next to Anna and his height drops fast.
Who is the tallest human in Frozen?
Kristoff. He stands a head taller than Hans and clearly above both Elsa and Anna.
How tall is Marshmallow, the snow giant?
Roughly 12 feet, based on his on-screen scale next to Anna and Kristoff inside Elsa’s ice palace.
Are Elsa and Anna based on real people’s heights?
No. The animators worked from the Norwegian and Sami visual references that shaped Arendelle, but the characters’ heights weren’t tied to specific actors or models.
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