Andersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɑnɐsn̩] Danish -Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Anders" (itself derived from the Greek name "Ανδρέας/Andreas ", cf.English Andrew ). It is the fifth most commonsurname inDenmark , shared by about 3.2% of the population.[ 1]
From the same root – the given nameAndreas – derives thesurname Andreasen Danish pronunciation: [ænˈtʁeˀæsn̩] Andreassen Andresen Danish pronunciation: [ænˈtʁeˀsn̩]
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen inDenmark andNorway (2009):
Adda Husted Andersen (1898–1990), Danish-born American Modernist jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educatorAksel Andersen (1912–1977), American-Danish organist and composerAksel Frederik Andersen (1891–1972), Danish mathematicianAlex Høgh Andersen (born 1994), Danish actorAlf Andersen (1906–1975), Norwegian ski jumperAlf Andersen (musician) , Norwegian flautistAlsing Emanuel Andersen (1893–1962), Danish politicianAmalie Andersen (born 1999), Danish ice hockey playerAmalie Andersen (actress) (1861–1924), Norwegian actressAnders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006), Danish politicianAndré Andersen (born 1961), Russian-Danish multi-instrumentalist and composerAnja Andersen (born 1969), Danish handball coach and former handball player.Arthur E. Andersen (1885–1947), founder of the eponymous former auditing, tax and consulting firmArvid Andersen (1909–1970), Danish composerBenny Andersen (1929–2018), Danish composerBridgette Andersen (1975–1997), American child actressBritta Andersen (born 1979), Danish badminton playerBørge Andersen (1934–1993), Danish chess playerCarl Andersen (born 1967), American computer scientist Carl Albert Andersen (1876-1951), Norwegian pole vaulterChris Andersen (born 1978), American basketball playerDaniel Andersen (1885–1959), Danish composerDavid Andersen (born 1980), Australian basketball playerDerek Andersen , American DJDorothy Hansine Andersen (1901–1963) American physician, pediatrician, pathologist, identifier ofcystic fibrosis Elisabeth Andersen (1920–2018), stage name for the Dutch actress Anna Elisabeth de BruijnEllen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curatorElse Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politicianEric Andersen (born 1943), American singer-songwriterEric Andersen (artist) (born 1940), Danish artistErik Andersen (disambiguation) , several peopleEyvin Andersen (1914–1968), Danish composerFilip Andersen (born 2003), Mongolian-Danish football player known as Filip ChinzorigFinn Andersen (born 1990), DanishCounter-Strike Francis Andersen (1925–2020), Australian scholar ofBiblical Hebrew Frederik Andersen (born 1989), Danish ice hockey goaltenderFritz Andersen (1829–1910), Danish composerGinny Andersen , New Zealand politicianGreta Andersen (1927–2023), Danish-American swimmerHakon Andersen (1875–1959), Danish composerHans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish playwright and authorHans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), Danish shipping magnate, businessman and founder of the East Asiatic CompanyHjalmar Andersen (1923–2013), Norwegian speed skaterJames Roy Andersen (1904-1945), AUnited States Army Air Forces GeneralJette Andersen (runner) (born 1945), Danish international athleteJoachim Andersen (composer) (1847–1909), Danish flautist, conductor and composerJoachim Andersen (footballer) (born 1996) Danish footballerJohanne Andersen (women's rights activist) (1862–1925), Danish women's rights activistsJohannes Andersen (musician) (1890–1980), Danish composerKai Normann Andersen (1900–1967), Danish composerKenneth Andersen, Norwegian player of American football and a member of theEidsvoll 1814s Kate Andersen (1870–1957), New Zealand teacher, community leader and writerKim Andersen (cyclist) (born 1958), Danish former professional road bicycle racer and current cycling team directeur sportifKirsti Andersen (born 1941), historianKnud Andersen (disambiguation) , several peopleLaDell Andersen (1929–2019), American basketball coachMads Andersen (born 1995), Danish chess grandmasterMark Andersen , American community activistMatt Andersen , Canadian musicianMay Andersen (born 1982), Danish modelMette Andersen (born 1974), Danish cyclistMette Marie Andersen (born 1962), birth name ofSaliha Marie Fetteh , Danish writer, lecturer and imam Michael Andersen (born 1974), Danish basketball playerMikkel Andersen (disambiguation) Morten Andersen (born 1960), Danish American football playerNeil L. Andersen (born 1951), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the LDS ChurchRigmor Andersen (1903–1995), Danish designer, educator, and authorRon Andersen (1941–1997), American bridge playerRoy Andersen (born 1955), Norwegian long-distance runnerRoy Andersen (general) (born 1948), South African businessman and retired generalSarah Andersen , American cartoonist (Sarah's Scribbles )Sophus Andersen (1859–1923), Danish composerStell Andersen , (1897–1989), American pianistStephan Andersen (born 1981), Danish football goalkeeperStephen O. Andersen (born 1948), scientistTheresa Berg Andersen (born 1979), Danish politicianThomas Herman Andersen (1894–1975), Western Australian police commissionerTom Andersen , American politicianTorben Andersen , American economistTroy Andersen (born 1999), American football playerUell Stanley Andersen (1917–1986), American writerVilhelm Andersen (1864–1953), Danish authorFictional characters [ edit ] Surname list
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