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

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
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