Pedersen
Pedersen is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Pedersen is a patronymic name meaning son of Peter . The name occurs mainly in the Scandinavian-speaking area .
Name bearer
A.
- Aage Pedersen (1921–1995), Danish electrical engineer
- Aaron Pedersen (* 1970), Australian actor and voice actor
- Adolf Pedersen (1863–1928), Norwegian trade union official
- Alex Pedersen (* 1966), Danish racing cyclist
- Alexander Pedersen (1891–1955), Norwegian athlete
- Allen Pedersen (* 1965), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Anne Marie Pedersen (* 1980), Danish badminton player
- Arne Pedersen († 2013), Norwegian national soccer player
- Arne W. Pedersen (1917–1959), Danish racing cyclist
B.
- Bengt Pedersen (* 1962), Swedish pool player
- Bent-Ove Pedersen (* 1967), Norwegian tennis player
- Birgit Schultz-Pedersen , Danish badminton player
- Brian Pedersen (* 1994), Uruguayan football player
- Buuti Pedersen (* 1955), Greenlandic artist
C.
- Camilla Pedersen (* 1983), Danish triathlete
- Camilla Møllebro Pedersen (* 1984), Danish racing cyclist
- Carl Alfred Pedersen (1882–1960), Norwegian gymnast and athlete
- Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007), Danish painter
- Carl Pedersen (1884–1968), Danish rower
- Casper Pedersen (* 1996), Danish cyclist
- Cecilie Pedersen (soccer player, 1983) (* 1983), Danish soccer player
- Cecilie Pedersen (soccer player, 1990) (* 1990), Norwegian soccer player
- Charles Pedersen (1904–1989), American chemist
- Christian Pedersen (1920–1999), Danish cyclist
- Christiern Pedersen (1480–1554), Danish humanist and writer
- Christina Nimand Pedersen , maiden name of Christina Nimand Hansen (* 1982), Danish handball player
- Christinna Pedersen (* 1986), Danish badminton player
- Claus Pedersen (* 1948), Danish table tennis player
- Craig Pedersen (born 1965), Canadian basketball player and coach
D.
- Dag Erik Pedersen (* 1959), Norwegian cyclist
E.
- Eivin One Pedersen (1956–2012), Norwegian jazz musician
- Erik Pedersen (soccer player, 1940) (born 1940), Danish soccer player
- Erik Pedersen (ice hockey player) (born 1955), Norwegian ice hockey player
- Erik Pedersen (chess player) (1958–2013), Danish chess player
- Erik Pedersen (soccer player, 1967) (* 1967), Norwegian soccer player
F.
- Finn Pedersen (1925–2012), Danish rower
- Flemming Pedersen (* 1963), Danish football coach
G
- Geir Otto Pedersen (* 1955), Norwegian UN Ambassador and Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
- Geir Tommy Pedersen (* 1964), Norwegian politician (NSR)
- Gisle Pedersen-Jentoft (* 1963), Norwegian tennis player
- Glynn Pedersen (* 1981), Canadian-British ski jumper
- Guy Pedersen (1930–2005), French jazz musician and composer
H
- Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen (1892–1986), Danish poet
- Helga Pedersen (politician, 1911) (1911–1980), Danish lawyer and politician
- Helga Pedersen (politician, 1973) (* 1973), Norwegian politician
- Helmer Pedersen (1930–1987), Danish-New Zealand sailor
- Henrik Pedersen (soccer player) (* 1975), Danish soccer player
- Henrik Pedersen (football coach) (* 1978), Danish football coach
- Henrik Gunde Pedersen (* 1969), Danish jazz pianist
- Herb Pedersen (born 1944), American country musician
- Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (* 1964), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Holger Pedersen (1867–1953), Danish linguist
- Holger Topp-Pedersen (1868–1938), Danish painter
I.
- Ilka Pedersen (* 1990), German soccer player
- Isabelle Pedersen (* 1992), Norwegian hurdler
J
- Jan Pedersen (athlete) (born August 10, 1946), Norwegian javelin thrower
- Jan Pedersen (writer) (* 1957), Swedish writer and photographer
- Jan Pedersen (chess player) (* 1971), Danish chess player
- Jan O. Pedersen ( Jan Osvald Pedersen ; * 1962), Danish track athlete
- Jan Ove Pedersen (* 1968), Norwegian football player and coach
- Johannes Peder Ejler Pedersen (1883–1977), Danish theologian
- Jimmi Roger Pedersen (* 1965), Danish jazz musician
- Jon Pedersen (* 1957), Danish dressage rider
K
- Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (* 1959), Norwegian politician (Arbeiderpartiet)
- Kasper Pedersen (* 1984), Danish ice hockey player
- Katrine Pedersen (* 1977), Danish soccer player
- Kjetil Pedersen (* 1973), Norwegian football player and coach
- Kristian Pedersen (* 1994), Danish football player
L.
- LC Pedersen (1862–1929), American entrepreneur and politician
- Lars Pedersen (* 1967), Danish badminton player
- Lene Pedersen (* 1977), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Leonardo Pedersen (* 1942), Danish jazz musician
- Lotta Pedersen , birth name of Lotta Engberg (* 1963), Swedish singer
M.
- Mads Pedersen (badminton) (* 1990), Danish badminton player
- Mads Pedersen (soccer player, 1993) (* 1993), Danish soccer player
- Mads Pedersen (soccer player, 1996) (* 1996), Danish soccer player
- Mads Pedersen (cyclist) (* 1995), Danish cyclist
- Manuel Pedersen , Uruguayan soccer player
- Marcus Pedersen (* 1990), Norwegian football player
- Marianne Pedersen (* 1985), Danish soccer player
- Mark Pedersen (* 1991), Danish racing cyclist
- Martin Pedersen (* 1983), Danish racing cyclist
- Martin Pedersen (tennis player) (* 1987), Danish tennis player
- Maya Pedersen-Bieri (* 1972), Swiss skeleton pilot
- Melkior Pedersen , pseudonym of Willy Dahl (* 1927), Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and writer
- Merete Pedersen (* 1973), Danish football player
- Mette Pedersen (* 1973), Danish badminton player
- Michael Bruun Pedersen (* 1970), Danish handball player and coach
- Mikael Pedersen (1855–1929), Danish inventor (including Pedersen bicycle )
- Mogens E. Pedersen († 2014), Danish journalist
- Morten Pedersen (theologian) (1537–1595), Danish Protestant theologian, historian and astronomer
- Morten Pedersen (soccer player) (born 1972), Norwegian soccer player
- Morten Pedersen (musician) (* 1980), Danish jazz pianist
- Morten Eide Pedersen (* 1987), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Morten Gamst Pedersen (* 1981), Norwegian football player
N
- Nicki Pedersen (* 1977), Danish speedway driver
- Nicklas Pedersen (* 1987), Danish football player
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist
- Nina Frausing Pedersen (* 1991), Danish soccer player
O
- Olaf Pedersen (1920–1997), Danish science historian
- Ole Crumlin-Pedersen (1935–2011), Danish archaeologist
P
- Peder Pedersen (1945–2015), Danish cyclist
- Per Pedersen (* 1969), Danish football player
- Poul O. Pedersen (1910–1994), Danish dentist and university professor
- Poul Trier Pedersen (1921–2012), Danish journalist and writer
R.
- Ralph Pedersen (* before 1984), American underwater archaeologist
- Rasmus Pedersen (botanist) (1840–1905), Danish plant physiologist
- Rasmus Pedersen (soccer player) (born 1997), Danish soccer player
- Rasmus Pedersen (cyclist) (* 1998), Danish cyclist
- Rikke Møller Pedersen (* 1989), Danish swimmer
- Roar Pedersen (1927–1989), Norwegian ice hockey player
- Robin Pedersen (* 1996), Norwegian ski jumper
- Rune Pedersen (* 1979), Danish football player
S.
- Snorre Pedersen (* 1972), Norwegian skeleton pilot
- Sofie Junge Pedersen (* 1992), Danish soccer player
- Solveig Pedersen (* 1965), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Steinar Pedersen (* 1976), Norwegian football player
- Stine Pedersen (* 1994), Danish soccer player
- Susan Pedersen (swimmer) (born 1953), American swimmer
- Susan Pedersen (historian) (born 1959), Canadian historian
- Sven Pedersen (* 1949), Danish chess player
- Sverre Lunde Pedersen (* 1992), Norwegian speed skater
T
- Terese Pedersen (* 1980), Norwegian handball player
- Terje Pedersen (* 1943), Norwegian javelin thrower
- Thomas Sunn Pedersen (* 1970), Danish physicist
- Thor Pedersen (* 1945), Danish politician
- Thor Möger Pedersen (* 1985), Danish politician
- Torben Hede Pedersen (1937–2000), Danish ombudsman in Greenland
- Tore Pedersen (* 1969), Norwegian football player
- Trine Pedersen (* 1973), Danish badminton player
- Trond Jøran Pedersen (* 1958), Norwegian ski jumper
- Trygve Pedersen (1884–1967), Norwegian sailor
V
- Viggo Pedersen (1889-1965), Danish long-distance runner