Arvid Karlsteen was a Swedish medal engraver and portrait miniaturist.

Born on March 16, 1647, on a farm near Karlskoga. Karlsteen was the son of Jonas Kjellander, a cartographer, and his wife Brita Larsdotter von Sacken. He was ennobled in 1692.

Married Magdalena Elisabet Schenkowitz in 1674.