Andersen () is a Danish- Norwegian

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meaning "son of Anders" (itself derived from the Greek name " Ανδρέας/Andreas", cf. English

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). It is the fifth most common

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, shared by about 3.2% of the population.How many have the name – Statistics Denmark
From the same root – the given name ''Andreas'' – derives the

''Andreasen'' (cognate '' Andreassen'') and '' Andresen'' . The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen in

and

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(2009):

Persons

Adda Husted Andersen Adda "Andy" Thyra Elise Louise Husted-Andersen (August 5, 1898 – September 13, 1990) was a Danish-born American Modernism, Modernist Jewellery, jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educator. She was a co-founder and the president of the New York ...

(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 Andersen (born 1967), American computer scientist * 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

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* 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 ''

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'' player known as karrigan * Francis Andersen (1925–2020), Australian scholar of

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* 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 Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fai ...

(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

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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 Kirsti Andersen (born December 9, 1941, Copenhagen), published under the name Kirsti Pedersen, is a Danish historian of mathematics. She is an Associate Professor of the History of Science at Aarhus University, where she had her Candidate exam ...

(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 Michael Dahl Andersen (born 29 January 1974), is a retired Danish professional basketball player. He is in height and he plays at the position of Center (basketball), center. Honours Prokom Sopot * 2-time Dominet Bank Ekstraliga, Polish Lea ...

(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 Stephan Maigaard Andersen (born 26 November 1981) is a Danish former professional association football, football player, who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He was a full international for the Denmark national football ...

(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

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

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