# Christensen (surname)

Christensen Danish pronunciation:, is a Danish (and Norwegian) patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christen, a sideform of Christian. The spelling variant Kristensen has identical pronunciation. Christensen is the sixth most common name in Denmark, shared by about 2% of the population. In Norway and Sweden the name can also be spelled Christenson or Kristenson.
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Christensen and Kristensen in Denmark and Norway (2007):
| | Christensen | Kristensen | source |
| Denmark | 128,168 | 63,487 | Statistics Denmark |
| Norway | 6,399 | 7,022 | Statistics Norway |
Immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes have changed the spelling to Christenson or Kristenson.

## List of names

Christensen, as a person, may refer to:
* Alex Christensen (born 1967), German musician
* Alfred Christensen (1905–1974), Danish chess player
* Allen Christensen, multiple people
* Andreas Christensen (born 1996), Danish footballer
* Andrew Christensen, American psychologist
* Andrine Christensen (1814–1853), Norwegian actress and dancer
* Anita Christensen (born 1971), Danish professional boxer
* Anna Christensen (1936–2001), Swedish professor and columnist
* Arne Søby Christensen (born 1945), Danish historian
* Arthur Christensen (1875–1945), Danish orientalist and historian
* Bekim Christensen (born 1973), Danish cycle racer
* Benjamin Christensen (1879–1959), Danish actor and director
* Bent Christensen Arensøe (born 1967), Danish football player
* Bo Christensen (1937–2020), Danish film producer
* Brady Christensen (born 1996), American football player
* Bruce Christensen (born 1948), American baseball player
* Carina Christensen (born 1972), Danish politician
* Carl Christensen (1869–1936), last executioner in office for the government of Denmark
* Carl Christensen (1872–1942), Danish botanist
* C. C. A. Christensen (1831–1912), Danish-American artist
* Carl C. Christensen (1891–1956), American politician
* Carlos Hugo Christensen (1914–1999), Argentina film director and producer
* Casper Christensen (born 1968), Danish comedian
* Charlie Christensen (born 1958), Swedish cartoonist, best known for the strip Arne Anka
* Christen Christensen (politician) (1826–1900), Norwegian military officer and politician
* Christen Christensen (shipowner) (1845–1923), Norwegian ship owner
* Clayton Christensen (1952–2020), American business consultant
* Cole Christensen, American politician
* Conrad Christensen (1882–1951), Norwegian Olympic gymnast
* Corine Christensen (1955–1986), American murder victim
* Cory Christensen (born 1994), American curler
* Cuckoo Christensen, born Walter Niels Christensen (1889–1984), American baseball player
* Dan Christensen (1942–2007), American artist
* Diana Christensen, fictional character in the film Network (1976)
* Don R. Christensen (1916–2006), American animator and cartoonist
* Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945), U. S. Virgin Islands physician, journalist and politician
* Eigil Friis-Christensen (1944–2018), Danish physicist
* Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish paganist
* Emil Christensen (born 1984), Swedish computer game player
* Eric Christensen (disambiguation)
* Erik Christensen (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
* Erika Christensen (born 1982), American actress
* Flemming Christensen (born 1958), Danish football player
* Frank Christensen (1910–2001), American businessman and college athlete
* Fred J. Christensen (1921–2006), American fighter pilot and Air Force officer
* George Christensen (1909–1968), American football player
* George Christensen (born 1978), Australian politician
* Hans Christensen (footballer) (1906–1992), Danish footballer
* Hans Christensen (silversmith) (1924–1983), Danish-born American silversmith
* Harold Christensen (1904–1989), American ballet personality
* Hayden Christensen (born 1981), Canadian actor
* Heather Christensen (born 1979), American model
* Helen Christensen, Australian mental health researcher
* Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish supermodel
* Hjalmar Christensen (1869–1925), Norwegian writer
* Inger Christensen (1935–2009), Danish writer
* Ione Christensen (born 1933), Canadian politician
* J. C. Christensen (1856–1930), Danish politician
* James C. Christensen (1942–2017), American artist
* Jesper Christensen (born 1948), Danish actor
* Jim Christensen, Australian Investor and Economist
* Joe J. Christensen (1929–2021), American Latter Day Saints general authority and educator
* John Christensen (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jon Christensen (1943–2020), Norwegian jazz musician
* Jon Lynn Christensen (born 1963), American businessman and politician
* Jørn Christensen (born 1959), Norwegian music figure
* Julie Christensen (born 1956), American singer
* Julie Christensen, fictional character in the film Final Destination 3 (2006)
* Kaare Christensen (born 1959), Danish epidemiologist
* Kayte Christensen (born 1980), American basketball player
* Kerry Christensen (born 1954), American yodeler
* Kim Christensen (born 1979), Danish football player
* Kim Christensen (born 1980), Danish football player
* L. Royal Christensen (1915–1997), Lasker Award-winning American microbiologist
* Lars Christensen (1884–1965), Norwegian shipowner and whaling magnate
* Lars Lindberg Christensen (born 1970), Danish academic
* Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953), Norwegian author
* LaVar Christensen (born 1953), American politician
* Leif Christensen (1950–1988), Danish musician
* Leland Christensen (1959–2022), American politician
* Lew Christensen (1909–1984), American ballet personality
* Mads Christensen (1856–1929), New Zealand Lutheran pastor from Denmark
* Martin Christensen (born 1987), Danish football player
* McKay Christensen (born 1975), American baseball player
* Mogens Christensen (1929–2020), Norwegian luger
* Morten Christensen, multiple people
* Mose Christensen (1871–1920), American musician
* Niels Christensen (1855–1952), Danish-American inventor
* Ole Christensen (born 1955), Danish politician
* Ove Christensen (born 1950), Danish football coach
* Parley Parker Christensen (1869–1954), American politician
* Per Christensen (curling) (born 1955), Danish curler and coach
* Pernille Fischer Christensen (born 1969), Danish film director
* Peter Christensen (disambiguation)
* Phil Christensen (born 1953), American geologist
* Reinhardt Kristensen (born 1948), Danish invertebrate biologist
* Sophy A. Christensen (1867–1955), Pioneering female carpenter and furniture designer
* Søren Christensen (born 1986), Danish football player
* Søren Peter Christensen (1884–1927), Danish Olympic gymnast
* Steen Christensen (born 1964), Danish criminal
* Theodor Christensen (1905–1988), Schutzstaffel official
* Thomas Guldborg Christensen (born 1984), Danish football player
* Tim Christensen (born 1974), Danish musician
* Todd Christensen (1956–2013), American football player and sports broadcaster
* Tonja Christensen (born 1971), American model
* Tom Christensen (disambiguation)
* Tom Kristensen (disambiguation)
* Trevor Christensen (born 1993), American DJ
* Ute Christensen (born 1955), German actress
* Villy Christensen, Canadian fisheries scientist
* Ward Christensen (born 1945), founder of the first online bulletin board system
* Willam Christensen (1902–2001), American ballet personality
* Wendy Christensen, fictional character in the film Final Destination 3 (2006)