Lassen is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of

Lars Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel", and is therefore related to the name ...

" (equivalent of

Laurentius Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "''From Laurentum''" (a city near Rome). It is possible that the place name ''Laurentum'' is derived from the Latin ''laurus'' (" laurel"). People with the name include: In Early Christiani ...

), and thus a parallel form of the more common surname Larsen. Notable people with the surname include: *

Anders Lassen Major Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen, (22 September 1920 – 9 April 1945) was a Danish military officer who was the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. Serving in the British Army, he wa ...

(1920–1945), Danish recipient of the British Victoria Cross *

Christian Lassen Christian Lassen (22 October 1800 – 8 May 1876) was a Norwegian-born, German orientalist and Indologist. He was a professor of Old Indian language and literature at the University of Bonn. Biography He was born at Bergen, Norway where he a ...

, Norwegian-German orientalist *

Clyde Everett Lassen Clyde Everett Lassen (March 14, 1942 – April 1, 1994), a native of Fort Myers, Florida, was a Commander in the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator. He initially served over four years as an enlisted sailor, enlisting in September 1961 and ...

, United States Navy aviator and Medal of Honor recipient *

Eduard Lassen Eduard Lassen (13 April 183015 January 1904) was a Belgian- Danish composer and conductor. Although of Danish birth, he spent most of his career working as the music director at the court in Weimar. A moderately prolific composer, Lassen produ ...

, Belgian composer *

Erik Sætter-Lassen Erik Sætter-Lassen (15 July 1892 in Gilleleje, Denmark – 24 December 1966 in Hellerup, Helleruplund, Denmark) was a Denmark, Danish Shooting sports, sport shooter who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920, 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924, ...

(1892–1966), Danish sport shooter * Frederik Lassen, Danish football player *

Georg Lassen __NOTOC__ Georg Lassen (12 May 1915 – 18 January 2012) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was a Watch Officer on at the outbreak of the war and later the skipper of the and recipient of the Knight’s Cross. Whist aboar ...

, German U-boat captain *

Hans Christian Lassen Hans Christian Lassen (born 24 July 1955 in Borlänge, Sweden) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia b ...

, Danish sprint canoer * Hartvig Lassen (1824–1897), Norwegian editor and literary historian *

Henrik Andreas Zetlitz Lassen Henrik Andreas Zetlitz Lassen (4 March 1818 - 6 January 1890) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1862 and 1865, representing the constituency of Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality ...

, Norwegian politician * Inger Lassen (1911–1957), Danish actress *

Jean Elisabeth Lassen Jeane Elizabeth Lassen (born 26 September 1980) is a Canadian weightlifter. Lassen is from Whitehorse, Yukon and is one of few Yukon athletes to break into the world scene and is Yukon's first Summer Olympian. Weightlifting official Moira Lassen ...

, Canadian weightlifter *

Justin Lassen Justin Lassen (born August 27, 1981, in Denver, Colorado) was a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and remixer who has worked in the film, sound design, and video game industries. He died on February 22, 2021, of apparent natural causes. E ...

, American composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and remixer * Leigh Lassen, American actress *

Leo Lassen Leo Lassen (July 5, 1899 – December 5, 1975) was an American baseball announcer in Seattle, Washington. Early life Leo H. Lassen was born in Marathon County, Wisconsin, in 1899. Leo Lassen moved to Seattle with his German immigrant parents and ...

(1899–1975), American baseball announcer * Niels A. Lassen (1926–1997), Danish medical researcher *

Peter Lassen Peter Lassen (October 31, 1800 – April 26, 1859), later known in Spanish as Don Pedro Lassen, was a Danish-born Californian ranchero and gold prospector. Born in Denmark, Lassen immigrated at age 30 to Massachusetts, before eventually mov ...

, Danish-American rancher, prospector and explorer *

Peter Lassen (footballer) Peter Lassen (born 4 October 1966) is a Danish former football striker, who was the top goalscorer of the 1999–2000 Danish Superliga. He most notably played for Danish clubs Hvidovre IF, BK Frem, Akademisk Boldklub and Silkeborg IF, as well as ...

, Danish football player *

Werner Lassen Werner Lassen (born 1974) is a Namibian amateur golfer. By profession a photocopy machine sales manager, he has appeared in numerous amateur tournaments both within his country and outside of it. Bank Windhoek Namibian Open Golf Tournament In May ...

, Namibian golfer Lassen may also refer to

Lassen Peak Lassen Peak ( ), commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a lava dome volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Located in the Shasta Cascade region above the northern Sacramento Valley, it is the southernmost active vo ...

, located in

Lassen Volcanic National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak, the largest lava dome, plug dome volcano in the wo ...

, a national park in the United States.

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