# Andersen

Andersen (Danish pronunciation:) 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 Danish pronunciation: (cognate Andreassen) and Andresen Danish pronunciation:.
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen in Denmark and Norway (2009):
| | Andersen | Andreasen | Andreassen | Andresen | Source |
| Denmark | 165,871 | 12,013 | 2,430 | 4,508 | Statistics Denmark |
| Norway | 38,433 | 103 | 12,376 | 6,581 | Statistics Norway |

## 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
* Arvid Andersen (1909–1970), Danish composer
* Benny Andersen (1929–2018), Danish composer
* Bridgette Andersen (1975–1997), American child actress
* Britta Andersen (born 1979), Danish badminton player
* Børge Andersen (1934–1993), Danish chess player
* Carl Andersen (born 1967), American computer scientist
* 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
* 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 (1894–1975), 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

## 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