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
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