Møller () is a Danish

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

, referring to an occupation as a

Miller A miller is a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalents ...

, equivalent of the Scottish/English ''

'', the German ''Müller'' etc. Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.
Statistics Denmark It is the most common non-

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surname. Danish immigrants to English-speaking countries often

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the name to ''

'', ''

Moller :''see also Müller Moller, Möller, Møller or von Möller is a surname. 'Möller' means 'Miller'. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Möller, German rower *Aksel Møller (1906–1958), Danish politician *Ale Möller, Swedish music ...

'', or ''

Moeller Moeller and Möller are closely related surnames of Germans, German origin. People bearing one of them include the following: People * Adolph Moeller, American politician * Alfred Alphonse Moeller (1889–1971), governor of Orientale Province in ...

''.

Persons

* Anders Møller Christensen (born 1977), Danish footballer *

Anna Emilie Møller Anna Emilie Møller (born 28 July 1997) is a Denmark, Danish athlete competing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. In her heat, however, she set the new List ...

(born 1997), Danish athlete *

Arnold Peter Møller Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904. Biography A. P. Møller was the son of captain Pe ...

(1876–1965), Danish shipping magnate and founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group *

Arvid Møller Arvid Møller (14 October 1939 – 26 September 2020) was a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer, born in Strinda Municipality. Having worked as journalist for various newspapers, he was eventually assigned with NRK for about forty years. ...

(1939–2020), Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer *

Birger Møller-Pedersen Birger Møller-Pedersen (born 11 November 1949) is a computer scientist and professor at the University of Oslo, department of informatics. He published numerous works on object-oriented programming and has contributed to the creation of the BE ...

(born 1949), computer scientist and professor *

Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck (28 September 1845 – 17 March 1917) was a Norwegian dermatologist. He described Boeck's sarcoidosis. Life Boeck was born in Lier, Norway. He was a nephew to dermatologist Carl Wilhelm Boeck and zoologist Christ ...

(1845–1917), Norwegian dermatologist *

Carl Møller Carl Martin August Møller (24 August 1887 in Aarhus, Denmark – 27 August 1948 in US) was a Danish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and comm ...

(1887–1948), Danish rower * Carl Christian Møller (1823–1893), Danish concertmaster and composer *

Christian Møller Christian Møller (22 December 1904, 14 January 1980) was a Danish people, Danish chemist and physicist who made fundamental contributions to the theory of relativity, theory of gravitation and quantum chemistry. He is known for Møller–Plesse ...

(1904–1980), Danish physicist *

Christian Frederik Møller A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Chr ...

(known as C. F. Møller, 1898 - 1988), Danish architect and founder of C. F. Møller Architects *

Erik Møller Erik Møller (7 November 1909 – 24 March 2002) was a Danish architect. Møller used to work with the famous Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen. Together they won the competition to design the new City Hall in Aarhus, which was built ...

(1909–2002), Danish architect *

Grethe Fenger Møller Grethe Fenger Møller (born 6 November 1941) is a Danish lawyer and Conservative People's Party politician, who was elected to the Folketing as a representative of the constituency from 1977 to 1994. She was the Minister of Labour in the first ...

(born 1941), Danish politician * Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 1943), Danish composer * Hans Peter Christian Møller (1810–1845), Danish malacologist and Inspector of North Greenland *

Ida Møller Ida Christina Møller (1872–1947) was a Danish operatic soprano who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1894 to 1926. She is remembered for her roles in Mozart's operas, especially Susanna (''The Marriage of Figaro''), Zerlina (''Don Giova ...

(1872–1947), Danish operatic soprano *

Johan Møller Warmedal Johan Møller Warmedal (28 April 1914 – 19 August 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Trondenes. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1954, and was re-elected on three occasion ...

(1914–1988), Norwegian politician *

John Christmas Møller Guido Leo John Christmas Møller, usually known as Christmas Møller (3 April 1894 in Copenhagen – 13 April 1948 in Copenhagen) was a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party. Life Møller was elected as a Conservativ ...

(1894–1948), Danish politician *

Katti Anker Møller Katti Anker Møller (23 October 1868 – 20 August 1945) was a Norway, Norwegian feminist, Children's rights movement, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights. Biography She was born Cathrine Anker in Hamar, the daughter ...

(1868–1945), Norwegian feminist *

Kenneth Heiner-Møller Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen; 17 January 1971) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Canadian women's national team. In 1994–1995 he played for Ferencvárosi TC in Hungary, ...

(born 1971), Danish football manager *

Kenneth Møller Pedersen Kenneth Møller Pedersen (born 18 April 1973) is a former Danish professional football midfielder. Honours Randers * Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup comp ...

(born 1973), Danish footballer * Knud Albert Möller (1919–1993), Finnish (of Danish parents) radio correspondent * Knud Christian Sidenius Møller (born 1958), Danish guitarist and violinist *

Lis Møller Lis Møller (22 December 1918 – 24 September 1983) was a Danish journalist and Conservative People's Party politician who was elected to the Folketing for two non-consecutive periods. She joined the Young Conservatives when she was aged 15 and ...

(1918–1983), Danish journalist and politician * M. P. Moller (1854–1937), Danish pipe-organ builder and businessman *

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (; 13 July 1913 – 16 April 2012) was a Danish shipping magnate. He was a longtime figure at A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, which was founded by his father. Personal life Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was born in He ...

(1913–2012), Danish shipping magnate *

Marc Møller Marc Møller (born 7 June 1986) is a retired Danish professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, ...

(born 1986), Danish footballer *

Michael Møller Michael Møller (born 9 November 1952) is president of the Diplomatic Forum of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation, principal advisor at Macro Advisory Partners and member of the boards of several foundations, including the Kof ...

(born 1952), Danish diplomat, Director-General of

United Nations Office at Geneva The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG, ) in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the four major offices of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNOG administrative offices are located inside ...

(2013–2019) *

Niels Otto Møller Niels Otto Møller (7 November 1897 – 14 April 1966) was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was cele ...

(1897–1966), Danish sailor *

Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller (; born 27 August 1942) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party (Denmark), Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for ...

(born 1942), Danish politician, Foreign Minister (2001–2010) *

Peder Møller (disambiguation) Peder Møller may refer to: *Peder Møller (violinist) (1877–1940), Danish violinist and music teacher *Peder Møller (gymnast) (1891–1972), Danish gymnast *Peder Ludvig Møller (1814–1865), Danish literary critic *Peter Møller (born 1972), ...

, several people *

Peter Møller Peter Møller Nielsen (; born 23 March 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. In 2018 he became sporting director of the Danish Football Associatio ...

(born 1972), Danish former professional footballer *

Pia Christmas-Møller Pia Christmas-Møller (born 21 January 1961) is a Danish politician, a member of parliament from 1987 until 2011. She represented the Conservative People's Party from 1987 until 2007 and led her party between 1998 and 1999. From 2007 until 2011 ...

(born 1961), Danish politician *

Poul Martin Møller Poul Martin Møller (21 March 1794 – 13 March 1838) was a Danish academic, writer, and poet. During his lifetime, he gained renown in Denmark for his poetry. After his death, his posthumously published fiction and philosophical writings were we ...

(1794–1838), Danish professor of philosophy and author *

Richard Møller Nielsen Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team that won the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal of ...

(1937–2014), Danish football player and manager *

Sunniva Hakestad Møller Sunniva Hakestad Møller (5 January 1907 – 30 May 1995) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1958, and was re-elected on two occasions. Møller was born in Haugesund ...

(1907–1995), Norwegian politician

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