Pedersen
Pedersen is a family name.
Origin and Meaning
Pedersen is a patronymic name meaning educated son of Peter. The name occurs mainly in the Scandinavian speaking countries.
Bearers of the name
A
- Aage Pedersen (1921-1995), Danish electrical engineer
- Adolf Pedersen (1863-1928), chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
- Alex Pedersen (born 1966 ), Danish cyclist
- Anne Marie Pedersen ( born 1980 ), Danish badminton player
- Arne W. Pedersen (1917-1950), Danish cyclist
B
- Bent -Ove Pedersen ( born 1967), Norwegian tennis player
- Birgit Schultz- Pedersen, Danish badminton player
- Brian Pedersen (* 1994), Uruguayan football player
C
- Camilla Pedersen ( b. 1983 ), Danish triathlete
- Carl Alfred Pedersen (1882-1960), Norwegian gymnast and athlete
- Carl -Henning Pedersen (1913-2007), Danish painter
- Cecilie Pedersen ( soccer player, 1983) ( b. 1983 ), Danish football player
- Cecilie Pedersen ( soccer player, 1990) ( * 1990), Norwegian football player
- Charles Pedersen (1904-1989), American chemist
- Christian Pedersen (* 1920), Danish Cyclists
- Chris Pedersen (1480-1554), Danish humanist and writer
- Christina nimand Hansen ( b. 1982 as Christina nimand Pedersen ), Danish handball player
- Christinna Pedersen ( born 1986 ), Danish badminton player
D
- Dag Erik Pedersen ( born 1959 ), Norwegian cyclist
E
- Eivin One Pedersen (1956-2012), Norwegian jazz musician
G
- Gisle Jentoft - Pedersen ( born 1963 ), Norwegian tennis player
- Glynn Pedersen ( born 1981 ), Canadian- British ski jumper
- Guy Pedersen (1930-2005), a French jazz musician and composer
B
- Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen (1892-1986), Danish poet
- Helga Pedersen ( Denmark) ( 1911-1980 ), Danish lawyer and politician
- Helga Pedersen ( Norway) (born 1973 ), Norwegian politician
- Henrik Pedersen ( born 1975 ), Danish football player
- Henrik Gunde Pedersen (born 1969 ), Danish jazz pianist
- Herb Pedersen ( born 1944 ), American country musician
- Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 1964 ), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Holger Pedersen (1867-1953), Danish linguist
- Holger Topp - Pedersen (1868-1938), Danish painter
I
- Ilka Pedersen (* 1990), German football player
J
- Jan-Ove Pedersen ( born 1968 ), Norwegian football coach
- Jan O. Pedersen (born 1962 ), Danish Speedway and Long Track Driver
- John Peder Pedersen Ejler (1883-1977), Danish Old Testament
- Jon Pedersen ( born 1957 ), Danish dressage rider
K
- Karl Eirik Schjøtt - Pedersen ( born 1959 ), Norwegian politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party
- Kasper Pedersen ( born 1984 ), Danish hockey players
- Katrine Pedersen ( born 1977 ), Danish football player
- Kjetil Pedersen (born 1973 ), Norwegian football player and coach
L
- Lars Pedersen ( born 1967), Danish badminton player
- Lene Pedersen ( born 1977 ), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Lotta Pedersen ( b. 1963 ), birth name of Lotta Engberg, Swedish singer
M
- Mads Pedersen (* 1993), Danish badminton player
- Manuel Pedersen, Uruguayan football player
- Marcus Pedersen (* 1990), Norwegian football player
- Mark Pedersen (* 1991), Danish cyclist
- Marianne Pedersen ( born 1985 ), Danish football player
- Martin Pedersen ( b. 1983 ), Danish cyclist
- Martin Pedersen (tennis player ) (* 1987), Danish tennis player
- Maya Pedersen - Bieri (born 1972 ), Swiss Skeleton pilot
- Melkior Pedersen, pseudonym of Willy Dahl (* 1927), Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and writer
- Mette Pedersen (born 1973 ), Danish badminton player
- Morten Pedersen ( theologian ) ( 1537-1595 ), Danish Protestant theologian, historian and astronomer
- Morten Pedersen ( footballer ) (born 1972 ), Norwegian football player
- Morten Pedersen (musician ) ( born 1980 ), Danish jazz pianist
- Morten Gamst Pedersen ( born 1981 ), Norwegian football player
N
- Nicki Pedersen ( born 1977 ), Danish speedway rider
- Nicklas Pedersen (* 1987), Danish football player
- Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946-2005), Danish jazz bassist
O
- Olaf Pedersen (1920-1997), Danish historian of science
- Ole Crumlin - Pedersen (1935-2011), Danish archaeologist
P
- Peder Pedersen ( born 1945 ), Danish track cyclist
- Per Pedersen (born 1969 ), Danish football player
R
- Ralph Pedersen, American underwater archaeologist
- Rikke Møller Pedersen (* 1989), Danish swimmer
- Roar Pedersen (1927-1989), Norwegian ice hockey player
- Rune Pedersen ( born 1979 ), Danish football player
S
- Snorre Pedersen (born 1972 ), Norwegian Skeleton Pilot
- Susan Pedersen ( born 1953 ), American swimmer
- Sven Pedersen ( born 1949 ), Danish chess and correspondence chess players
T
- Terese Pedersen ( born 1980 ), Norwegian Women's Handball
- Terje Pedersen ( born 1943 ), Norwegian javelin thrower
- Thomas Sunn Pedersen (born 1970 ), Danish physicist
- Thor Pedersen ( born 1945 ), Danish politician
- Thor Möger Pedersen ( born 1985 ), Danish politician
- Tore Pedersen (born 1969 ), Norwegian football player
- Trine Pedersen (born 1973 ), Danish badminton player
- Trond Jøran Pedersen (born 1958 ), Norwegian ski jumper