Pedersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpʰe̝ðɐsn̩]) is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Peder". It is the fourth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 3.4% of the population,^[1] and the sixth most common in Norway.^{[citation needed]} It is of similar origin as the surname Petersen.

Listing of people with the surname Pedersen

• Aaron Pedersen (born 1970), Australian actor of Arrente/Arabana descent
• Abdul Wahid Pedersen (born 1954), Danish Imam
• Alexander Pedersen (1891–1955), Norwegian sprinter
• Alex Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1966), Danish cyclist
• Alf Pedersen (1904–1925), Norwegian boxer
• Allen Pedersen (born 1965), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
• Alma Pedersen (born 2005), Danish rhythmic gymnast
• Anne Rygh Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Bente Pedersen (born 1961), Norwegian novelist
• Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian tennis player
• Bernard E. Pedersen, American politician
• Bjarne Bent Rønne Pedersen (1935–1993), Danish musician, banjo player and singer
• Bjarne Pedersen (born 1978), Danish speedway rider
• Blaine Pedersen, Canadian politician in Manitoba
• Carl Alfred Pedersen (1882–1960), Norwegian gymnast and triple jumper
• Carl Pedersen (gymnast) (1883–1971), Danish gymnast
• Carl Pedersen (rower) (1884–1968), Danish rower
• Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007), Danish painter
• Carsten Pedersen (born 1977), Danish cricketer
• Cato Zahl Pedersen (born 1959), Norwegian skier
• Charles J. Pedersen (1904–1989), American organic chemist
• Chris Pedersen (actor), American actor and film star
• Chris Pedersen (musician), Australian drummer
• Christian Pedersen (1889–1953), Danish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Christiern Pedersen (1480–1554), Danish canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and publisher
• Christina Pedersen (handballer) (born 1982), Danish team handball goalkeeper
• Christina Pedersen (referee) (born 1981), Norwegian football referee
• Christopher S. Pedersen (born 1986), Norwegian baritone
• Dag Erik Pedersen (born 1959), Norwegian road racing cyclist
• Dan A. Pederson, USN, first officer-in-charge of the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program known as Topgun
• David Pedersen (born 1986), Norwegian singer
• Dwite Pedersen (1941–2021), American politician
• Dynes Pedersen (1893–1960), Danish gymnast
• Eigil Pedersen (1917–1994), Danish chess player
• Ellen Birgitte Pedersen (born 1955), Norwegian politician
• Erik Bue Pedersen (born 1952), Danish handball player
• Erik Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian footballer
• Finn Pedersen (1925–2012), Danish rower
• George Pedersen (academic administrator) (born 1931), Canadian academic administrator
• Gerhard Pedersen (1912–1987), Danish boxer
• Gitte Pedersen (born 1979), Danish football player
• Gro Pedersen Claussen (born 1941) Norwegian graphic designer
• Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 1943), Danish composer
• Haakon Pedersen (1906–1991), Norwegian speed skater
• Hallgeir Pedersen (born 1973), Norwegian jazz guitarist
• Hans Eiler Pedersen (1890–1971), Danish gymnast
• Hans Pedersen (1887–1943), Danish gymnast
• Helga Pedersen (Denmark) (1911–1980), Danish Chief Justice and politician
• Helga Pedersen (Norway) (born 1973), Norwegian deputy leader for the Labour Party
• Helmer Pedersen (1930–1987), New Zealand Olympic Gold medallist in yachting
• Henrik Bolberg Pedersen (born 1960), Danish trumpeter and flugelhorn player with the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra
• Henrik Pedersen (born 1975), Danish professional football player
• Herb Pedersen (born 1944), American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter
• Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 1964), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Holger Pedersen (1867–1953), Danish linguist
• Holger Pedersen (born 1946), Danish astronomer at the European Southern Observatory
• Inger Pedersen (1936–2023), Norwegian politician
• Inger Stilling Pedersen (1929–2017), Danish politician
• Jørgen V. Pedersen (born 1959), Danish road bicycle racer
• Jacob Pedersen (1889–1961), Norwegian track and field athlete
• James Pedersen (1868–1944), American politician
• Jamie Pedersen (born 1968), American lawyer and politician
• Jan O. Pedersen (born 1962), Danish Speedway rider
• Jan Ove Pedersen (born 1968), Norwegian football coach and former player
• Johanne Samueline Pedersen (1887–1961), Norwegian politician
• Johannes Pedersen (1892–1982), Danish gymnast
• Johannes Pederson (1883–1977), Danish theologian and linguist
• John Pedersen (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonas Pedersen (1871–1953), Norwegian politician
• Jostein Pedersen, Norwegian commentator and "music intelligencia"
• Karl Pedersen (born 1940), Danish chess player
• Katrine Pedersen (born 1977), Danish football midfielder
• Kayla Pedersen (born 1989), American basketball player
• Kenneth Møller Pedersen (born 1973), Danish professional football midfielder
• Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen (born 1973), Norwegian footballer
• Knud Pederson (1925–2014), Danish resistance leader and leader of the Churchill Boys
• L. C. Pedersen, American politician
• Laura Pedersen (born 1965), American author
• Lena Pedersen (born 1940), Canadian politician and social worker from Nunavut
• Lene Pedersen (born 1977), Norwegian ski mountaineer
• Lene Marlin Pedersen (born 1980), Norwegian musician more commonly referred to as Lene Marlin
• Lisa Brix Pedersen (born 1996), Danish discus thrower
• Mads Pedersen (born 1995), Danish professional racing cyclist
• Marc Pedersen (born 1989), Danish professional football player
• Marcus Pedersen (born 1990), Norwegian football player
• Martin Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1983), Danish professional road bicycle racer
• Martin Pedersen (footballer) (born 1983), Danish professional football player
• Martin Pedersen (tennis) (born 1987), Danish professional tennis player
• Merete Pedersen (born 1973), Danish football midfielder
• Mette Pedersen (born 1973), Danish badminton player
• Mia Bak Pedersen (born 1980), Danish football defender
• Michael Pedersen, (born 1986), Danish cricketer
• Mikael Pedersen (1855–1929), Danish inventor associated with the English town of Dursley
• Mikkel O. Pedersen (born 1997), Danish racing driver
• Monica Pedersen, American designer on the show "Designed to Sell"
• Monika Pedersen, Danish singer of the band Sinphonia
• Morten Gamst Pedersen (born 1981), Norwegian football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers
• Morten Pedersen (born 1972), Norwegian soccer player, who played as defender
• Nancy Pedersen, American genetic epidemiologist
• Nicki Pedersen (born 1977), Danish motorcycle speedway rider
• Nicklas Pedersen (born 1987), Danish professional football striker
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist
• Poul Lars Høgh Pedersen (1959–2021), Danish football goalkeeper
• Odd Kvaal Pedersen (1935–1990), Norwegian journalist, author and translator
• Olaf Pedersen (gymnast) (1884–1972), Danish gymnast
• Olaf Pedersen (1920–1997), Danish historian of science
• Oluf Pedersen (gymnast) (1878–1917), Danish gymnast
• Ove Pedersen (born 1954), Danish football manager and a former player
• Paul Pedersen (composer) (born 1935), Canadian composer
• Paul Pedersen (gymnast) (1886–1948), Norwegian gymnast
• Peder Larsen Pedersen (1880–1966), Danish gymnast
• Peder Oluf Pedersen (1874–1941), Danish engineer and physicist
• Peder Pedersen (disambiguation)
• Per Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1964), Danish retired road bicycle racer
• Per Pedersen (footballer) (born 1969), Danish former football (soccer) player
• Peter Dorf Pedersen (1897–1967), Danish gymnast
• Peter Pedersen (politician), (born 1954), Swedish Left Party politician
• Poul Pedersen (1932–2016), Danish retired football (soccer) player
• Ralf Pedersen (born 1973), Danish professional football defenders
• Randy Pedersen (born 1962), American professional bowler and color analyst for ESPN
• Ray Pedersen, American artist and graphic designer
• Red Pedersen (born 1935), former territorial level politician
• Rolf Birger Pedersen (1939–2001), Norwegian footballer and football coach
• Ronni Pedersen (born 1974), Danish motorcycle speedway rider
• Rune Pedersen (born 1963), Norwegian referee in the 1990s
• Rune Pedersen (footballer) (born 1979), Danish professional footballer
• Søren Pedersen (born 1978), Danish professional football defender
• Sigurd Pedersen (1893–1968), Norwegian politician
• Simon Azoulay Pedersen (born 1982), Danish professional football player
• Snorre Pedersen (born 1972), Norwegian skeleton racer who competed from 1997 to 2005
• Solveig Pedersen (born 1965), Norwegian cross country skier
• Steinar Pedersen (born 1975), Norwegian football defender
• Steinar Pedersen (politician) (born 1947), Norwegian politician
• Steve Pedersen, American guitarist from Omaha, Nebraska
• Susan Pedersen (historian), American historian currently working at Columbia University
• Susan Pedersen (swimmer) (born 1953), American swimmer
• Sverre Lunde Pedersen (born 1992), Norwegian speed skater
• Terese Pedersen (born 1980), Norwegian handball goalkeeper
• Terje Moland Pedersen (born 1952), Norwegian politician
• Terje Pedersen (born 1943), Norwegian javelin thrower
• Thomas Pedersen (disambiguation), several people
• Thor Pedersen (born 1945), Danish politician
• Thor Pedersen (rower) (1924–2008), Norwegian competition rower
• Torben Mark Pedersen (born 1960), Danish economist and politician, founder of the political party Liberalisterne
• Tore Pedersen (born 1969), Norwegian international football defender
• Torny Pedersen (born 1946), Norwegian politician
• Torsten Schack Pedersen (born 1976), Danish politician
• Trond Pedersen (born 1951), Norwegian former football player and coach
• Trond Jøran Pedersen (born 1958), Norwegian ski jumper
• Trygve Pedersen (1884–1967), Norwegian sailor
• Vilhelm Pedersen (1820–1859), Danish artist who illustrated the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
• Walter E. Pedersen (1911–1998), American politician
• Willy Pedersen (born 1952), Norwegian sociologist

Pedersen as a middle or hyphenated name

• Birger Møller-Pedersen, Norwegian computer scientist and Professor at the University of Oslo
• Gustav Natvig-Pedersen (1893–1965), Norwegian politician
• Hans Pedersen Herrefosser (1800–1869), Norwegian politician
• Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850–1916), Danish actuary and mathematician
• Johannes Pedersen Deichmann (1790–1832), Norwegian politician
• Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (born 1959), Norwegian politician
• Knut Pedersen Hamsun (1859–1952), Norwegian author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1920
• Maya Pedersen-Bieri (born 1972), Swiss skeleton racer
• Michael Pedersen Friis (1857–1944), Danish Prime Minister (April 5, 1920 to May 5, 1920)
• Morten Pedersen Porsild (1872–1956), Danish botanist who lived and worked in Greenland
• Nils Pedersen Igland (1833–1898), Norwegian farmer and politician
• Peder Johan Pedersen Holmesland (1833–1914), Norwegian politician
• Rasmus Pedersen Thu (1864–1946), Norwegian photographer
• Simon Pedersen Holmesland (1823–1895), Norwegian politician
• Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs (born 1962), Danish politician and former Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark

Other references

• Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an international architectural design firm located in New York, London and Shanghai
• .276 Pedersen, experimental 7 mm cartridge developed for the U.S. Army and used in the Pedersen rifle
• 3312 Pedersen (1984 SN), Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1984
• Pedersen bicycle, bicycle designed by Mikael Pedersen
• Pedersen commitment, a cryptographic technique used in multiple applications, including zero-knowledge proofs
• Pedersen Device, attachment developed during World War I for the M1903 Springfield rifle that allowed it to fire a short 0.30 (7.62 mm) caliber intermediate cartridge in semi-automatic mode
• Pedersen index, measure of electoral volatility in party systems
• Pedersen rifle, United States semi-automatic rifle designed by John Pedersen
• Pedersen's law, named after Danish linguist Holger Pedersen, is a Balto-Slavic accent law which states that the stress was retracted from stressed medial syllables in Balto-Slavic mobile paradigms
• Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, United States lawsuit