# Sørensen

Sørensen (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Danish pronunciation:) is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Søren" (given name equivalent of Severin). As of 2022, it is the eighth most common surname in Denmark. Immigrants to English-speaking countries often changed the spelling to Sorensen or Sorenson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules. English-language media often similarly renders Sørensen as either Sorensen or Sorenson. A parallel form of similar origin is Severinsen.
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Sørensen and Severinsen in Denmark and Norway (2008):
| | Sørensen | Severinsen | source |
| Denmark | 102848 | 1075 | |
| Norway | 10382 | 748 | |
It may refer to a number of people:

## People with the same name

* Ole Sørensen
* Peter Sørensen

## In sports

* Aksel Sørensen (1891–1955), Danish gymnast
* Andreas Sørensen (born 1984), Danish footballer
* Anders Sørensen (born 1962), Danish golfer
* Arne Sørensen (1917–1977), Danish footballer and manager
* Asger Sørensen (born 1996), Danish footballer
* Chris Sørensen (born 1977), Danish footballer
* Chris Anker Sørensen (1984–2021), Danish cyclist
* Dennis Sørensen (born 1981), Danish footballer
* Egon Sørensen (1913–1981), Danish football goalkeeper
* Erling Sørensen (1920–2002), Danish footballer
* Ernst Sørensen (chess player), Danish chess player
* Finn Willy Sørensen (1941–2019), Danish football player
* Frederik Sørensen (born 1992), Danish football player
* Hans Christian Sørensen (1900–1984), Danish gymnast
* Hans Olav Sørensen (born 1942), Norwegian ski jumper
* Hans Laurids Sørensen (1901–1974), Danish gymnast
* Harry Sørensen (1892–1963), Danish gymnast
* Henning Lund-Sørensen (born 1942), retired Danish footballer
* Inge Sørensen (1924–2011), Danish swimmer
* Jacob Sørensen (born 1983), Danish footballer
* Jan Sørensen (born 1955), Danish footballer
* Jan-Derek Sørensen (born 1971), Norwegian footballer
* Jens-Kristian Sørensen (born 1987), Danish footballer
* Jesper Sørensen (born 1973), Danish footballer
* Jørgen Leschly Sørensen (1922–1999), Danish footballer
* Jørn Sørensen (born 1936), Danish footballer
* Karina Sørensen (born 1980), Danish badminton player
* Karsten Sørensen (born 1948), Danish handball player
* Kenneth Sørensen (born 1982), Danish footballer
* Lars Sørensen (swimmer) (born 1968), Danish swimmer
* Mette Sørensen (born 1975), Danish badminton player
* Nicki Sørensen (born 1975), Danish cyclist
* Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922–2023), Danish athlete
* Odd Wang Sørensen (1922–2004), Norwegian footballer
* Ole Nørskov Sørensen (born 1952), Danish handball player
* Poul Sørensen (1906–1951), Danish cyclist
* Poul Sørensen (born 1954), Danish handball player
* Rolf Sørensen (born 1965), Danish cyclist
* Søren Sørensen (1897–1965), Danish gymnast
* Thomas Sørensen (born 1976), Danish football goalkeeper
* Tommy Sørensen (born 1979), Danish badminton player

## In the arts

* Bent Sørensen (born 1958), Danish composer
* Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born 1982), Danish actress
* Birte Tove Sørensen (1945–2016), birth name of Birte Tove, Danish actress and nude model
* Carl Theodor Sørensen (1893–1979), Danish landscape architect
* Sisters Heidi and Line Sørensen, members of Danish pop group S.O.A.P.
* Ingeborg Sørensen (born 1948), Norwegian model
* Per Øystein Sørensen (born 1961), musician
* Sigurd Torbjørn Sørensen (1901–1981), Norwegian artist
* Svend-Allan Sørensen (born 1975), Danish artist
* Villy Sørensen (1929–2001), Danish author

## In politics

* Edvard Sørensen (1893–1954), Danish politician
* Enevold Frederik Adolf Sørensen (1850–1920), Danish editor and politician
* Frode Sørensen (born 1946), Danish politician
* Hans Peter Sørensen (1886–1962), Danish politician
* Heidi Sørensen (born 1970), Norwegian politician
* Olaf Sørensen (1892–1962), Norwegian politician
* Ronald Sørensen (born 1947), Dutch politician (Norwegian descent)

## In other media

* Elsa Sørensen (1934–2016), Danish model
* Jan Vang Sørensen (born c. 1960), previously named Jan Vang Hansen, Danish poker player
* Palle Sørensen (1927–2018), Danish criminal

## In military

* Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922–2023), commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Air Force

## In science

* Bent Erik Sørensen (born 1941), Danish physicist and researcher into renewable energy
* Søren Sørensen (chemist) (1868–1939), Danish biochemist
* Thorvald Sørensen (1902–1973), Danish botanist

## People with Sørensen in their name

* Anders Sørensen Vedel (1542–1616), Danish priest and historian
* Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562–1647), Danish astronomer
* Peter Sørensen Vig (1854–1929), Danish-American pastor

## Other uses

* Kuffert Sørensen, leather goods company

## Severinsen

* Doc Severinsen (born 1927), American pop and jazz trumpeter
* Al Severinsen (1944–2015), American baseball player