Kloster is the German and Scandinavian word for monastery. It may also refer to: Places Kloster, Styria Kloster, Denmark Kloster, Sweden Klošter, settlement in Slovenia People Asbjørn Kloster (1823–1876), Norwegian social reformer Chuck Klosterman (b. 1972), American author and essayist Knut Kloster (b. 1929), Norwegian shipping magnate, grandson of Lauritz Lauritz Kloster (1870–1952), Norwegian shipping magnate, grandfather of Knut Robert Kloster (1905–1979), Norwegian museum director and art historian Other Das Kloster, a collection of magical and occult texts compiled by Johann Scheible See also Klosters Closter (disambiguation) Norwegian-language surnames