If Olaf's height in the Frozen Wiki is true, and the snowman is 5 feet 4 inches tall, then Elsa will rise 11 feet above the ice queen.
How tall is Olaf the snowman really? Following the release of Frozen 2, fans were surprised to see that the Frozen Wiki listed Olaf as 5 feet 4 inches, causing Elsa to rise eleven feet above him. Voiced by Josh Gad in both films, the Talking Snowman is Anna and Elsa's comedic sidekick and the star of the short films Olaf's Frozen Adventures and the recently announced Once Upon a Snowman. Olaf quickly became a fan favorite with his irreverent, existential comedy and his standout songs "Summer" and "When I Got Older."
If Olaf's height had been specified correctly in the Frozen Wiki, Elsa would have towered eleven feet above the rest of the inhabitants of Arundell. Noticing the inconsistency, fans on Twitter calculated Elsa's height based on Olaf's 5-foot-4 and found the numbers just didn't make sense. Unless the inhabitants of Arundell are giants, then Olaf's 5 feet 4 inches is simply impossible. According to the Frozen Wiki, Elsa is officially 5'7 '' tall. Judging by the films where Olaf is about half the size of Elsa, the snowman is about 2.8 cm tall, which is much closer to his appearance in the Frozen films.
Fan reactions to Olaf's rise were so frenzied that "Freeze" director and co-creator Jennifer Lee had to respond on Twitter. Lee explained that Olaf's height in the Frozen Wiki was probably a typo, and "if it said 3'4" I would buy it ... I might be an inch or two wrong, but not a foot or two. " In the same tweet, Lee clarified that Anna is 5'5 "and Elsa is 5'7", which confirms Elsa's height in the Frozen Wiki and makes Olaf about 3 feet tall. Using the same math that determined Elsa's height 11 feet, then Olaf is 2 feet 6 inches tall.
The confusion over Olaf's height sparked a debate among Frozen fans who disputed the ridiculous claim that the snowman was over five feet tall. In both the Freeze films and Olaf's Frozen Adventure, Olaf appears to be about half the size of Anna and Elsa, who are of fairly average height. Whether the Frozen Wiki entry was a joke or a typo, it's safe to assume that Olaf is about half the size of Elsa - and the Ice Queen from Frozen 2 is of normal human height.
