Andersen () is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Anders" (itself derived from the Greek name "Ανδρέας/Andreas", cf. English Andrew). It is the fifth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 3.2% of the population.

From the same root– the given name Andreas– derives the surname Andreasen (cognate Andreassen) and Andresen .

The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen in Denmark and Norway (2009):

Persons

• Adda Husted Andersen (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

• Asbjørn Andersen (disambiguation), several people

• Benny Andersen (1929–2018), Danish composer

• Bjørg Andersen (born 1942), Norwegian handball player

• Birgit Fogh-Andersen (1922–2012), Danish politician

• Børge Kaas Andersen (1937–2019), Danish rower

• Børge Andersen (chess player) (1934–1993), Danish chess player

• Bridgette Andersen (1975–1997), American child actress

• Britta Andersen (born 1979), Danish badminton player

• 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 cystic fibrosis

• 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 Counter-Strike player known as karrigan

• Francis Andersen (1925–2020), Australian scholar of Biblical Hebrew

• 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 (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 United States Army Air Forces 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 (born 1941), historian

• Knud Andersen (disambiguation), several people

• LaDell Andersen (1929–2019), American basketball coach

• Lucas Andersen (born 1994), Danish footballer

• 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 (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 (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

• Walter K. Andersen, American scholar

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 sequel

References

See also

• Anderson (surname)

• Andersson (surname)

• Andresen (disambiguation)