Oersted (disambiguation)

Ørsted or Oersted stands for:

• Oersted (unit), the unit of magnetic field strength
• Ørsted ( satellite), a satellite which studied Earth's magnetic field
• Oersted (crater ), named after Hans Christian Ørsted

Ørsted is the name of several places:

• Ørsted ( Djursland ), a place on the Danish peninsula Djursland
• Ørsted ( Haderslev Kommune ), a place in Haderslev Kommune
• Ørsted ( Sjælland ), a place on the Danish island of Sjælland

Ørsted is the surname of the following persons:

• Anders Sandoe Oersted (Prime Minister) ( 1778-1860 ), Danish Prime Minister
• Anders Sandoe Oersted ( botanist ) ( 1816-1872 ), Danish botanist
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), Danish physicist and chemist
• Hans -Henrik Ørsted (born 1954 ), Danish cyclist
• Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946-2005), Danish jazz bass player

See also:

• Ørsted Sogn
• Oersted Medal, awarded since 1936 by the American Association of Physics Teachers Award for outstanding achievements in physics teaching and didactics

• Disambiguation