Anders (first name)

Anders is a male given name .

Origin and distribution of the name

A form of the first name Andreas , which is mainly used in Scandinavia, is different . Although the basic form is also used there, Anders is the more common name.

variants

Short forms: Andi, Andor, Ander, Andrä, André , Andréa, Andree, Andrej, Andrew, Andriko, Andrusch, Andy, Drees

name day

November 30th ( St. Andrea's Day )

Name bearer

A.

Anders Ahlgren (1888–1976), Swedish wrestler
Anders Almgren (* 1968), Swedish football player
Anders Andersson (ice hockey player) (1937–1989), Swedish ice hockey player
Anders Andersson (soccer player) (* 1974), Swedish soccer player
Anders Anundsen (* 1975), Norwegian politician
Anders Åslund (soccer player) (born 1956), Swedish soccer player
Anders Jonas Ångström (1814–1874), Swedish astronomer and physicist
Anders Anundsen (* 1975), Norwegian politician
Anders Arborelius (* 1949), Swedish clergyman, Bishop of Stockholm
Anders Askevold (1834–1900), Norwegian painter
Anders Aukland (* 1972), Norwegian cross-country skier

B.

Anders Bardal (* 1982), Norwegian ski jumper
Anders Bastiansen (* 1980), Norwegian ice hockey player
Anders Bergcrantz (* 1961), Swedish jazz trumpeter
Anders W. Berthelsen (* 1969), Danish actor
Anders Besseberg (* 1946), Norwegian biathlete and biathlon official
Anders Bodelsen (* 1937), Danish writer
Anders Boesen (* 1976), Danish badminton player
Anders Bohman (* 1965), Swedish cameraman and film producer
Anders Christensen Bording (1619–1677), Danish poet
Anders Borg (* 1968), Swedish economist
Anders Bratholm (1920–2010), Norwegian lawyer and university professor
Anders Behring Breivik (* 1979), Norwegian mass murderer
Anders Burman (1928–2013), Swedish jazz drummer, band leader and music producer

C.

Anders Carlsson (* 1960), Swedish ice hockey player and official
Anders Celsius (1701–1744), Swedish astronomer
Anders Christensen (* 1972), Danish jazz musician
Anders Christiansen (* 1990), Danish soccer player
Anders Chydenius (1729–1803), Finnish pastor, politician, economist and philosopher
Anders Cleve (1937–1985), Swedish-speaking Finnish writer

D.

Anders Dahl-Nielsen (* 1951), Danish handball player, coach and official
Anders Daun (* 1963), Swedish ski jumper
Anders Bjørn Drachmann (1860–1935), Danish classical philologist

E.

Anders Eby (* 1949), Swedish conductor
Anders Eek (* 1974), Norwegian musician
Anders Eggert (* 1982), Danish handball player
Anders Ehnmark (1931–2019), Swedish journalist and writer
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767–1813), Swedish naturalist and chemist
Anders Eldebrink (* 1960), Swedish ice hockey player
Anders Eriksson (ice hockey player) (* 1975), Swedish ice hockey player

F.

Anders Fannemel (* 1991), Norwegian ski jumper
Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998), Swedish writer
Anders Fogh Rasmussen (* 1953), Danish politician and Secretary General of NATO
Knut Anders Fostervold (* 1971), Norwegian football player and racing cyclist
Anders Fridén (* 1973), Swedish singer
Anders Frisk (* 1963), Swedish football referee

G

Anders Gärderud (* 1946), Swedish athlete
Anders Giske (* 1959), Norwegian football player
Anders Gløersen (* 1986), Norwegian cross-country skier
Unlike Abraham Grafström (1790–1870), Swedish historian and poet

H

Anders Hansen (* 1970), Danish golfer
Anders Haugen (1888–1984), American ski jumper
Anders Hedberg (* 1951), Swedish ice hockey player
Anders Hejlsberg (* 1960), Danish programmer
Anders Henriksson (* 1977), Swedish handball player
Anders Hillborg (* 1954), Swedish composer
Anders Högström (* 1975), Swedish right-wing radical
Anders Holmberg (* 1984), Swedish orienteer
Johan von Höpken (1712–1789), Swedish politician and academy co-founder, is different
Anders Hornslien (* 1970), Norwegian politician and journalist
Anders Huusko (* 1971), Swedish ice hockey player

J

Anders Jacobsen (* 1985), Norwegian ski jumper
Anders Jacobson (* 1984), Swedish handball player
Anders Järryd (* 1961), Swedish tennis player
Anders Thomas Jensen (* 1972), Danish director, screenwriter and actor
Anders Johnson (ski jumper) (* 1989), American ski jumper
Anders Jormin (* 1957), Swedish jazz bassist, band leader and composer

K

Anders Kallur (* 1952), Swedish ice hockey player
Anders Kjellberg , Swedish jazz drummer
Anders Koppel (* 1947), Danish composer and musician
Anders Kraupp (* 1959), Swedish curler
Anders Kristiansen (* 1979), Danish badminton player
Per-Anders Kurenbach (* 1970), German keyboardist, composer and music producer

L.

Anders Lange (1904–1974), Norwegian politician
Anders Larsson (wrestler) (1892-1945), Swedish wrestler
Anders Larsson (cross-country skier) (* 1961), Swedish cross-country skier
Anders Lee (* 1990), American ice hockey player
Anders Levermann (* 1973), German climate scientist
Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784), Finnish-Swedish-Russian mathematician and astronomer
Anders Limpar (* 1965), Swedish football player
Anders Lindegaard (* 1984), Danish football player
Anders Linderoth (* 1950), Swedish football player and coach
Anders Lindstedt (1854–1939), Swedish mathematician and astronomer
Anders Lindström (* 1969), Swedish organist and pianist
Anders Lund (* 1985), Danish racing cyclist

M.

Anders Møller (wrestler) (1883–1966), Danish wrestler
Anders Myrvold (* 1975), Norwegian ice hockey player

N

Anders Nilsson (town planner) (1844–1936), Swedish officer, engineer, town planner and politician
Anders Nilsson (composer) (born 1954), Swedish composer
Anders Nilsson (Director) (* 1963), Swedish director, screenwriter and film producer
Anders Nilsson (triathlete) († 2000), Swedish triathlete
Anders Nilsson (ice hockey player, 1977) (* 1977), Swedish ice hockey player
Anders Nilsson (ski racer) (* 1980), Swedish ski racer
Anders Nilsson (ice hockey player, 1990) (* 1990), Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
Anders Nordin (* 1949), Swedish politician
Anders Nordberg (* 1978), Norwegian orienteer
Anders Nordström (* 1960), Swedish physician
Anders Norudde (* 1960), Swedish folk musician and violin maker

O

Anders Oechsler (* 1979), Danish handball player
Anders Olofsson (1953–2008), Swedish racing driver
Anders Olsen (merchant) (1718–1786), Norwegian merchant and colonial administrator
Anders Olsen (politician) (* 1971), Greenlandic politician (Siumut) and policeman
Anders Olsen (rower) (* 1980), Danish rower
Anders Peter Olsen (1862–1932), Danish inspector of Greenland
Anders Olsson (chess player) (* 1981), Swedish chess player
Anders Österling (1884–1981), Swedish poet, writer and journalist

P

Anders Pålsson (1917–1999), Swedish football player
Anders Paulrud (1951–2008), Swedish journalist and author
Anders Persson (* 1982), Swedish handball goalkeeper
Anders Petersen (* 1944), Swedish photographer

R.

Anders Rambekk (* 1976), Norwegian football player
Anders Refn (* 1944), Danish film editor and director
Anders Jahan Retzius (1742–1821), Swedish naturalist
Anders Rydberg (1903–1989), Swedish football player

S.

Anders Samuelsen (* 1967), Danish politician
Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist) (1816–1872), Danish botanist and zoologist
Anders Södergren (* 1977), Swedish cross-country skier
Anders Sparrman (1748-1820), Swedish physician, botanist and ornithologist
Anders Stenmo (* 1956), Swedish musician, see First general uncertainty
Anders Svensson (* 1976), Swedish football player

T

Anders Tengbom (1911–2009), Swedish architect
Anders Thidholm , Swedish curler

U

Pål Anders Ullevålseter (* 1968), Norwegian enduro racer

T

Anders Trentemøller (* 1974), Danish techno and house producer, see Trentemøller

W.

Anders Wejryd (* 1948), Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala
Anders Woldseth (1934–1959), Norwegian ski jumper
Anders Wiman (1865-1959), Swedish mathematician

Y

Anders Ygeman (* 1970), Swedish Minister of the Interior

Z

Anders Zachariassen (* 1991), Danish handball player
Anders Zorn (1860–1920), Swedish painter, graphic artist and sculptor

Fictional characters

Anders And, in the Danish translation the name of Donald Duck
Anders, a character from the computer game series Dragon Age