Andersen () is a Danish- Norwegian

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

Andrew Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "c ...

). 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 Andreassen is a common surname in Norway, meaning "son of Andreas". The parallel Danish language, Danish forms are ''Andresen'' and ''Andresen, Andreasen'', the Swedish language, Swedish ''Andreasson''. It may refer to: * Anita Andreassen, Norwegia ...

'') 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 Alex Høgh Andersen (born 20 May 1994) is a Danish actor. He is mostly known for the role of Ivar the Boneless in the historical drama television series ''Vikings'' (2016–2020). Early life Andersen was born in the small town of Skælskør, in ...

(born 1994), Danish actor *

Alf Andersen Alf Steen Andersen (15 May 1906 – 12 April 1975) was a Norwegian ski jumper. He was born in Drammen, but represented the Oslo clubs Sandaker, Skeid and Lyn. He won the gold medal in the individual large hill at the 1928 Winter Olympics ...

(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) Tilda Amalie Andersen (19 April 1861 – 14 February 1924) was a Norwegian actress. Early life Tilda Amalie Andersen was born on 19 April 1861 in Østre Aker and was the illegitimate daughter of cattle trader Truls Andersen and Anne Sophie Bal ...

(1861–1924), Norwegian actress *

Anders Ejnar Andersen Anders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006) was a Danish politician who was a member of Venstre and held various government posts, including minister finance and minister of economic affairs in the 1970s and 1980s. Early life and education Andersen was ...

(1912–2006), Danish politician * André Andersen (born 1961), Russian-Danish multi-instrumentalist and composer *

Anja Andersen Anja Jul Andersen (born 15 February 1969 in Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185 ...

(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 Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018)Benny Andersen er død
'' Bridgette Andersen Bridget Marriah Andersen (July 11, 1975May 18, 1997) was an American child actress and child model. She starred in 1982's '' Savannah Smiles'', for which she received her first of four Youth in Film Award nominations. Personal life In Inglewo ...

(1975–1997), American child actress *

Britta Andersen Britta Andersen (born 19 December 1979) is a Danish badminton player. She was born to a Philippine mother and Danish father. Achievements World Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' '' ...

(born 1979), Danish badminton player * Børge Andersen (1934–1993), Danish chess player *Carl Andersen (born 1967), American computer scientist *

Carl Albert Andersen Carl Albert Andersen (15 August 1876 in Østre Aker – 28 September 1951 in Oslo) was a Norwegian pole vaulter, high jumper, and gymnast who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics. As an at ...

(1876–1951), Norwegian pole vaulter *

Chris Andersen Christopher Claus Andersen (born July 7, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Birdman", Andersen was born in Long Beach, California, grew up in Iola, Texas, and played one year at Blinn College. Andersen bega ...

(born 1978), American basketball player *

Daniel Andersen Daniel Andersen (25 November 1885 – 30 April 1959) was a Danish composer, sculptor, and ceramist. He studied music in Vienna; among his compositions are a handful of religious works and an opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#Europ ...

(1885–1959), Danish composer *

David Andersen David Emil Andersen (born 23 June 1980) is an Australian-Danish former professional basketball player. One of Australia's most experienced and successful players, Andersen won 12 league championships (9 European national domestic league champi ...

(born 1980), Australian basketball player * Derek Andersen, American DJ * Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901–1963) American physician, pediatrician, pathologist, identifier of

cystic fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive manner that impairs the normal clearance of Sputum, mucus from the lungs, which facilitates the colonization and infection of the lungs by bacteria, notably ''Staphy ...

Elisabeth Andersen Anna Elisabeth de Bruijn (1 January 1920 – 3 October 2018), better known by the stage name of Elisabeth Andersen, was a Dutch actress, primarily in theatre. She was a three-time recipient of the Theo d'Or. Career Born in The Hague, Andersen att ...

(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 Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead, Rick Nelson, and many others. Early in his career, ...

(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 Francis Ian Andersen (28 July 1925 – 13 May 2020) was an Australian scholar in the fields of biblical studies and Hebrew. Together with A. Dean Forbes (full name Alfred Dean Forbes, born 1941), he pioneered the use of computers for the analy ...

(1925–2020), Australian scholar of

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Frederik Andersen Frederik Andersen (born 2 October 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Anaheim Ducks and Toronto Maple Leafs. Representing Denmark men ...

(born 1989), Danish ice hockey goaltender * Fritz Andersen (1829–1910), Danish composer *

Ginny Andersen Virginia Ruby Andersen (born 1975) is a New Zealand politician. She has been a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party since the 2017 New Zealand general election. Andersen held the offices of Minister of P ...

, New Zealand politician *

Greta Andersen Greta Marie Andersen (married names Jeppesen and Sonnichsen and Veress, 1 May 1927 – 6 February 2023) was a Danish swimmer who won a gold and a silver medal in 100 m freestyle events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In the mid-1950s she moved ...

(1927–2023), Danish-American swimmer *

Hakon Andersen Jens Hakon Johannes Andersen (26 October 1875 – 21 April 1959) was a Danish organist and composer. He served as organist for a number of churches around Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with ...

(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 Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen (12 March 1923 – 27 March 2013) was a speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, an ...

(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 Kai Normann Andersen (11 April 1900 – 24 June 1967) was a Danish composer who wrote film scores and music for stage revues and dramas. He composed songs for over 50 films between 1930 and 1965. In the 1930s and 1940s he dominated Danish film m ...

(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 Matt Andersen is a Canadian blues guitarist and singer-songwriter from Perth-Andover, New Brunswick. He is a Juno Award nominee. His musical career started in 2002 with the New Brunswick band Flat Top. Career In addition to headlining major fest ...

, 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 Morten Andersen (born 19 August 1960), nicknamed "the Great Dane", is a Danish-American former professional football kicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons, most notably with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta F ...

(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) Major General Roy Cecil Andersen (born 12 May 1948 in Johannesburg) is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve Commanding General, general officer in the South African Army from the South African Army Artillery Formation, artillery. ...

(born 1948), South African businessman and retired general * Sarah Andersen, American cartoonist (''Sarah's Scribbles'') *

Sophus Andersen Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a Denmark, Danish composer and music critic. Biography Sophus Emil Andersen was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of composer Fritz Andersen (1829–1910). He studied both piano and ...

(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 Thomas Herman Andersen (18941975) was Commissioner of Police for the state of Western Australia from 1951 to 1958. Thomas Andersen was born on 21 May 1894Headstone at grave of Thomas Herman Andersen and Marie Arthemise Andersen, Karrakatta Cem ...

(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 Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas Andersen (16 October 1864 – 3 April 1953) was a Danish author, literary historian and intellectual, who primarily focused on the study of Danish literature. He was one of the first to use the term "Danish Golden Age, Gold ...

(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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