Andersen

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
 * 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 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 Disney Pixar film Inside Out