Christensen (surname)

Christensen, 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):

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
 * 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
 * Jasin J. Christensen (1976–present), American Singer/Songwriter
 * 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 (tennis) (born 1955), Danish tennis player
 * Morten Stig Christensen (born 1958), Danish handball player and sports broadcaster
 * 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 (born 1975), Danish politician
 * Peter Forsyth Christensen (born 1952), Roman Catholic bishop
 * 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
 * Ulla Christensen (born 1965), Danish international footballer
 * 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)