# Pedersen

Pedersen (Danish pronunciation:) is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Peder". It is the fifth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 3.4% of the population, and the sixth most common in Norway. It is of similar origin as the surname Petersen.

## Listing of people with the surname Pedersen

* Aaron Pedersen (born 1970), Australian actor of Arrente/Arabana descent
* Abdul Wahid Pedersen (born 1954), Danish Imam
* Alexander Pedersen (1891–1955), Norwegian sprinter
* Alex Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1966), Danish cyclist
* Alf Pedersen (1904–1925), Norwegian boxer
* Allen Pedersen (born 1965), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
* Alma Pedersen (born 2005), Danish rhythmic gymnast
* Anne Rygh Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Bente Pedersen (born 1961), Norwegian novelist
* Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian tennis player
* Bernard E. Pedersen, American politician
* Bjarne Bent Rønne Pedersen (1935–1993), Danish musician, banjo player and singer
* Bjarne Pedersen (born 1978), Danish speedway rider
* Blaine Pedersen, Canadian politician in Manitoba
* Carl Alfred Pedersen (1882–1960), Norwegian gymnast and triple jumper
* Carl Pedersen (gymnast) (1883–1971), Danish gymnast
* Carl Pedersen (rower) (1884–1968), Danish rower
* Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007), Danish painter
* Carsten Pedersen (born 1977), Danish cricketer
* Cato Zahl Pedersen (born 1959), Norwegian skier
* Charles J. Pedersen (1904–1989), American organic chemist
* Chris Pedersen (actor), American actor and film star
* Chris Pedersen (musician), Australian drummer
* Christian Pedersen (1889–1953), Danish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
* Christiern Pedersen (1480–1554), Danish canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and publisher
* Christina Pedersen (handballer) (born 1982), Danish team handball goalkeeper
* Christina Pedersen (referee) (born 1981), Norwegian football referee
* Christopher S. Pedersen (born 1986), Norwegian baritone
* Dag Erik Pedersen (born 1959), Norwegian road racing cyclist
* Dan A. Pederson, USN, first officer-in-charge of the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program known as Topgun
* David Pedersen (born 1986), Norwegian singer
* Dwite Pedersen (1941–2021), American politician
* Dynes Pedersen (1893–1960), Danish gymnast
* Eigil Pedersen (1917–1994), Danish chess player
* Ellen Birgitte Pedersen (born 1955), Norwegian politician
* Erik Bue Pedersen (born 1952), Danish handball player
* Erik Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian footballer
* Finn Pedersen (1925–2012), Danish rower
* George Pedersen (academic administrator) (born 1931), Canadian academic administrator
* Gerhard Pedersen (1912–1987), Danish boxer
* Gitte Pedersen (born 1979), Danish football player
* Gro Pedersen Claussen (born 1941) Norwegian graphic designer
* Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 1943), Danish composer
* Haakon Pedersen (1906–1991), Norwegian speed skater
* Hallgeir Pedersen (born 1973), Norwegian jazz guitarist
* Hans Eiler Pedersen (1890–1971), Danish gymnast
* Hans Pedersen (1887–1943), Danish gymnast
* Helga Pedersen (Denmark) (1911–1980), Danish Chief Justice and politician
* Helga Pedersen (Norway) (born 1973), Norwegian deputy leader for the Labour Party
* Helmer Pedersen (1930–1987), New Zealand Olympic Gold medallist in yachting
* Henrik Bolberg Pedersen (born 1960), Danish trumpeter and flugelhorn player with the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra
* Henrik Pedersen (footballer) (born 1975), Danish professional football player
* Herb Pedersen (born 1944), American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter
* Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 1964), Norwegian cross-country skier
* Holger Pedersen (1867–1953), Danish linguist
* Holger Pedersen (born 1946), Danish astronomer at the European Southern Observatory
* Inger Pedersen (1936–2023), Norwegian politician
* Inger Stilling Pedersen (1929–2017), Danish politician
* Jørgen V. Pedersen (born 1959), Danish road bicycle racer
* Jacob Pedersen (1889–1961), Norwegian track and field athlete
* James Pedersen (1868–1944), American politician
* Jamie Pedersen (born 1968), American lawyer and politician
* Jan Pedersen (born 1967), Danish Speedway rider
* Jan O. Pedersen (born 1962), Danish Speedway rider
* Jan Ove Pedersen (born 1968), Norwegian football coach and former player
* Johanne Samueline Pedersen (1887–1961), Norwegian politician
* Johannes Pedersen (1892–1982), Danish gymnast
* Johannes Pederson (1883–1977), Danish theologian and linguist
* John Pedersen (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jonas Pedersen (1871–1953), Norwegian politician
* Jostein Pedersen, Norwegian commentator and "music intelligencia"
* Karl Pedersen (born 1940), Danish chess player
* Katrine Pedersen (born 1977), Danish football midfielder
* Kayla Pedersen (born 1989), American basketball player
* Kenneth Møller Pedersen (born 1973), Danish professional football midfielder
* Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen (born 1973), Norwegian footballer
* Knud Pederson (1925–2014), Danish resistance leader and leader of the Churchill Boys
* L. C. Pedersen, American politician
* Laura Pedersen (born 1965), American author
* Lena Pedersen (born 1940), Canadian politician and social worker from Nunavut
* Lene Pedersen (born 1977), Norwegian ski mountaineer
* Lene Marlin Pedersen (born 1980), Norwegian musician more commonly referred to as Lene Marlin
* Lisa Brix Pedersen (born 1996), Danish discus thrower
* Mads Pedersen (born 1995), Danish professional racing cyclist
* Marc Pedersen (born 1989), Danish professional football player
* Marcus Pedersen (born 1990), Norwegian football player
* Martin Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1983), Danish professional road bicycle racer
* Martin Pedersen (footballer) (born 1983), Danish professional football player
* Martin Pedersen (tennis) (born 1987), Danish professional tennis player
* Merete Pedersen (born 1973), Danish football midfielder
* Mette Pedersen (born 1973), Danish badminton player
* Mia Bak Pedersen (born 1980), Danish football defender
* Michael Pedersen, (born 1986), Danish cricketer
* Mikael Pedersen (1855–1929), Danish inventor associated with the English town of Dursley
* Mikkel O. Pedersen (born 1997), Danish racing driver
* Monica Pedersen, American designer on the show "Designed to Sell"
* Monika Pedersen, Danish singer of the band Sinphonia
* Morten Gamst Pedersen (born 1981), Norwegian football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers
* Morten Pedersen (born 1972), Norwegian soccer player, who played as defender
* Nancy Pedersen, American genetic epidemiologist
* Nicki Pedersen (born 1977), Danish motorcycle speedway rider
* Nicklas Pedersen (born 1987), Danish professional football striker
* Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist
* Poul Lars Høgh Pedersen (1959–2021), Danish football goalkeeper
* Odd Kvaal Pedersen (1935–1990), Norwegian journalist, author and translator
* Olaf Pedersen (gymnast) (1884–1972), Danish gymnast
* Olaf Pedersen (1920–1997), Danish historian of science
* Oluf Pedersen (gymnast) (1878–1917), Danish gymnast
* Ove Pedersen (born 1954), Danish football manager and a former player
* Paul Pedersen (composer) (born 1935), Canadian composer
* Paul Pedersen (gymnast) (1886–1948), Norwegian gymnast
* Peder Larsen Pedersen (1880–1966), Danish gymnast
* Peder Oluf Pedersen (1874–1941), Danish engineer and physicist
* Peder Pedersen (disambiguation)
* Per Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1964), Danish retired road bicycle racer
* Per Pedersen (footballer) (born 1969), Danish former football (soccer) player
* Peter Dorf Pedersen (1897–1967), Danish gymnast
* Peter Pedersen (politician), (born 1954), Swedish Left Party politician
* Poul Pedersen (1932–2016), Danish retired football (soccer) player
* Ralf Pedersen (born 1973), Danish professional football defenders
* Randy Pedersen (born 1962), American professional bowler and color analyst for ESPN
* Ray Pedersen, American artist and graphic designer
* Red Pedersen (born 1935), former territorial level politician
* Rolf Birger Pedersen (1939–2001), Norwegian footballer and football coach
* Ronni Pedersen (born 1974), Danish motorcycle speedway rider
* Rune Pedersen (born 1963), Norwegian referee in the 1990s
* Rune Pedersen (footballer) (born 1979), Danish professional footballer
* Søren Pedersen (born 1978), Danish professional football defender
* Sigurd Pedersen (1893–1968), Norwegian politician
* Simon Azoulay Pedersen (born 1982), Danish professional football player
* Snorre Pedersen (born 1972), Norwegian skeleton racer who competed from 1997 to 2005
* Solveig Pedersen (born 1965), Norwegian cross country skier
* Steinar Pedersen (born 1975), Norwegian football defender
* Steinar Pedersen (politician) (born 1947), Norwegian politician
* Steve Pedersen, American guitarist from Omaha, Nebraska
* Susan Pedersen (historian), American historian currently working at Columbia University
* Susan Pedersen (swimmer) (born 1953), American swimmer
* Sverre Lunde Pedersen (born 1992), Norwegian speed skater
* Terese Pedersen (born 1980), Norwegian handball goalkeeper
* Terje Moland Pedersen (born 1952), Norwegian politician
* Terje Pedersen (born 1943), Norwegian javelin thrower
* Thomas Pedersen (disambiguation), several people
* Thor Pedersen (born 1945), Danish politician
* Thor Pedersen (rower) (1924–2008), Norwegian competition rower
* Torben Mark Pedersen (born 1960), Danish economist and politician, founder of the political party Liberalisterne
* Tore Pedersen (born 1969), Norwegian international football defender
* Torny Pedersen (born 1946), Norwegian politician
* Torsten Schack Pedersen (born 1976), Danish politician
* Trond Pedersen (born 1951), Norwegian former football player and coach
* Trond Jøran Pedersen (born 1958), Norwegian ski jumper
* Trygve Pedersen (1884–1967), Norwegian sailor
* Vilhelm Pedersen (1820–1859), Danish artist who illustrated the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
* Walter E. Pedersen (1911–1998), American politician
* Willy Pedersen (born 1952), Norwegian sociologist

## Pedersen as a middle or hyphenated name

* Birger Møller-Pedersen, Norwegian computer scientist and Professor at the University of Oslo
* Gustav Natvig-Pedersen (1893–1965), Norwegian politician
* Hans Pedersen Herrefosser (1800–1869), Norwegian politician
* Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850–1916), Danish actuary and mathematician
* Johannes Pedersen Deichmann (1790–1832), Norwegian politician
* Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (born 1959), Norwegian politician
* Knut Pedersen Hamsun (1859–1952), Norwegian author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1920
* Maya Pedersen-Bieri (born 1972), Swiss skeleton racer
* Michael Pedersen Friis (1857–1944), Danish Prime Minister (April 5, 1920 to May 5, 1920)
* Morten Pedersen Porsild (1872–1956), Danish botanist who lived and worked in Greenland
* Nils Pedersen Igland (1833–1898), Norwegian farmer and politician
* Peder Johan Pedersen Holmesland (1833–1914), Norwegian politician
* Rasmus Pedersen Thu (1864–1946), Norwegian photographer
* Simon Pedersen Holmesland (1823–1895), Norwegian politician
* Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs (born 1962), Danish politician and former Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark

## Other references

* Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an international architectural design firm located in New York, London and Shanghai
* .276 Pedersen, experimental 7 mm cartridge developed for the U.S. Army and used in the Pedersen rifle
* 3312 Pedersen (1984 SN), Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1984
* Pedersen bicycle, bicycle designed by Mikael Pedersen
* Pedersen commitment, a cryptographic technique used in multiple applications, including zero-knowledge proofs
* Pedersen Device, attachment developed during World War I for the M1903 Springfield rifle that allowed it to fire a short 0.30 (7.62 mm) caliber intermediate cartridge in semi-automatic mode
* Pedersen index, measure of electoral volatility in party systems
* Pedersen rifle, United States semi-automatic rifle designed by John Pedersen
* Pedersen's law, named after Danish linguist Holger Pedersen, is a Balto-Slavic accent law which states that the stress was retracted from stressed medial syllables in Balto-Slavic mobile paradigms
* Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, United States lawsuit