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Andersen

Andersen () is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Anders" (itself derived from the Greek name "Ανδρέας/Andreas", cf. English Andrew). It is the fifth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 3.2% of the population.

From the same root – the given name Andreas – derives the surname Andreasen (cognate Andreassen) and Andresen .

The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen in Denmark and Norway (2009):

AndersenAndreasenAndreassenAndresenSource
Denmark165,87112,0132,4304,508
Norway38,43310312,3766,581

Persons

  • Adda Husted Andersen (1898–1990), Danish-born American Modernist jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educator
  • Aksel Andersen (1912–1977), American-Danish organist and composer
  • Aksel Frederik Andersen (1891–1972), Danish mathematician
  • Alex Høgh Andersen (born 1994), Danish actor
  • Alf Andersen (1906–1975), Norwegian ski jumper
  • Alf Andersen (musician), Norwegian flautist
  • Alsing Emanuel Andersen (1893–1962), Danish politician
  • Amalie Andersen (born 1999), Danish ice hockey player
  • Amalie Andersen (actress) (1861–1924), Norwegian actress
  • Anders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006), Danish politician
  • André Andersen (born 1961), Russian-Danish multi-instrumentalist and composer
  • Anja Andersen (born 1969), Danish handball coach and former handball player.
  • Arthur E. Andersen (1885–1947), founder of the eponymous former auditing, tax and consulting firm
  • Benny Andersen (1929–2018), Danish composer
  • Bridgette Andersen (1975–1997), American child actress
  • Britta Andersen (born 1979), Danish badminton player
  • Børge Andersen (1934–1993), Danish chess player
  • Carl Albert Andersen (1876–1951), Norwegian pole vaulter
  • Chris Andersen (born 1978), American basketball player
  • Daniel Andersen (1885–1959), Danish composer
  • David Andersen (born 1980), Australian basketball player
  • Derek Andersen, American DJ
  • Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901–1963) American physician, pediatrician, pathologist, identifier of cystic fibrosis
  • Elisabeth Andersen (1920–2018), stage name for the Dutch actress Anna Elisabeth de Bruijn
  • Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator
  • Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician
  • Eric Andersen (born 1943), American singer-songwriter
  • Eric Andersen (artist) (born 1940), Danish artist
  • Erik Andersen (disambiguation), several people
  • Eyvin Andersen (1914–1968), Danish composer
  • Filip Andersen (born 2003), Mongolian-Danish football player known as Filip Chinzorig
  • Finn Andersen (born 1990), Danish Counter-Strike player known as karrigan
  • Francis Andersen (1925–2020), Australian scholar of Biblical Hebrew
  • Frederik Andersen (born 1989), Danish ice hockey goaltender
  • Fritz Andersen (1829–1910), Danish composer
  • Ginny Andersen, New Zealand politician
  • Greta Andersen (1927–2023), Danish-American swimmer
  • Hakon Andersen (1875–1959), Danish composer
  • Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish playwright and author
  • Hans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), Danish shipping magnate, businessman and founder of the East Asiatic Company
  • Hjalmar Andersen (1923–2013), Norwegian speed skater
  • James Roy Andersen (1904–1945), A United States Army Air Forces General
  • Jette Andersen (runner) (born 1945), Danish international athlete
  • Joachim Andersen (composer) (1847–1909), Danish flautist, conductor and composer
  • Joachim Andersen (footballer) (born 1996) Danish footballer
  • Johanne Andersen (women's rights activist) (1862–1925), Danish women's rights activists
  • Johannes Andersen (musician) (1890–1980), Danish composer
  • Kai Normann Andersen (1900–1967), Danish composer
  • Kenneth Andersen, Norwegian player of American football and a member of the Eidsvoll 1814s
  • Kate Andersen (1870–1957), New Zealand teacher, community leader and writer
  • Kim Andersen (cyclist) (born 1958), Danish former professional road bicycle racer and current cycling team directeur sportif
  • Kirsti Andersen (born 1941), historian
  • Knud Andersen (disambiguation), several people
  • LaDell Andersen (1929–2019), American basketball coach
  • Mads Andersen (born 1995), Danish chess grandmaster
  • Mark Andersen, American community activist
  • Matt Andersen, Canadian musician
  • May Andersen (born 1982), Danish model
  • Mette Andersen (born 1974), Danish cyclist
  • Mette Marie Andersen (born 1962), birth name of Saliha Marie Fetteh, Danish writer, lecturer and imam
  • Michael Andersen (born 1974), Danish basketball player
  • Mikkel Andersen (disambiguation)
  • Morten Andersen (born 1960), Danish American football player
  • Neil L. Andersen (born 1951), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the LDS Church
  • Rigmor Andersen (1903–1995), Danish designer, educator, and author
  • Ron Andersen (1941–1997), American bridge player
  • Roy Andersen (born 1955), Norwegian long-distance runner
  • Roy Andersen (general) (born 1948), South African businessman and retired general
  • Sarah Andersen, American cartoonist (Sarah's Scribbles)
  • Sophus Andersen (1859–1923), Danish composer
  • Stell Andersen, (1897–1989), American pianist
  • Stephan Andersen (born 1981), Danish football goalkeeper
  • Stephen O. Andersen (born 1948), scientist
  • Theresa Berg Andersen (born 1979), Danish politician
  • Thomas Herman Andersen (18941975), Western Australian police commissioner
  • Tom Andersen, American politician
  • Torben Andersen, American economist
  • Troy Andersen (born 1999), American football player
  • Uell Stanley Andersen (1917–1986), American writer
  • Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953), Danish author
  • Walter K. Andersen, American scholar

Fictional characters

  • Jesse Anderson (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX), also named Johan Andersen, from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
  • Riley Andersen, from the Pixar film Inside Out and its sequel

References

References

  1. [http://www.dst.dk/HomeUK/Statistics/Names/HowMany.aspx How many have the name – Statistics Denmark] {{webarchive. link. (March 4, 2010)
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