Christensen (surname)

Christensen Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʁɛstn̩sn̩], is a Danish (and Norwegian) patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christen, a sideform of Christian. The spelling variant Kristensen has identical pronunciation. Christensen is the sixth most common name in Denmark, shared by about 2% of the population. In Norway and Sweden the name can also be spelled Christenson or Kristenson.

The numbers of bearers of the surnames Christensen and Kristensen in Denmark and Norway (2007):

	Christensen	Kristensen	source
Denmark	128,168	63,487	Statistics Denmark
Norway	6,399	7,022	Statistics Norway

Immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes have changed the spelling to Christenson or Kristenson.

Christensen, as a person, may refer to:

• Alex Christensen (born 1967), German musician
• Anita Christensen (born 1971), Danish professional boxer
• Bekim Christensen (born 1973), Danish cycle racer
• Benjamin Christensen (1879–1959), Danish actor and director
• Bent Christensen Arensøe (born 1967), Danish football player
• Bo Christensen (born 1937), Danish film producer
• Bruce Christensen (born 1948), American baseball player
• Carina Christensen (born 1972), Danish politician
• Carl Frederik Albert Christensen (1872–1942), Danish botanist
• Carl Christian Anton Christensen (1831–1912), Danish-American artist
• Carl Peter Hermann Christensen (1869–1936), last executioner in office for the government of Denmark
• Carlos Hugo Christensen (1914–1999), Argentina film director and producer
• Casper Christensen (born 1968), Danish comedian
• Charlie Christensen (born 1958), Swedish cartoonist, best known for the strip Arne Anka
• Christen Christensen (politician) (1826–1900), Norwegian military officer and politician
• Christen Christensen (shipowner) (1845–1923), Norwegian ship owner
• Clayton M. Christensen (born 1952), American academic
• Conrad Christensen (1882–1951), Norwegian Olympic gymnast
• Corine Christensen (1955–1986), American murder victim
• Cuckoo Christensen, born Walter Niels Christensen (1889–1984), American baseball player
• Dan Christensen (1942–2007), American artist
• Diana Christensen, fictional character in the film Network (1976)
• Don R. Christensen (1916–2006), American animator and cartoonist
• Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945), U. S. Virgin Islands physician, journalist and politician
• Eigil Friis-Christensen, Danish physicist
• Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish paganist
• Emil Christensen (born 1984), Swedish computer game player
• Eric Christensen (1923-1990), Secretary General and Head of The Civil Service, The Republic of the Gambia
• Erik Christensen (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Erik Christensen (snowboarder), a professional snowboarder who was born in Holladay, Utah
• Erika Christensen (born 1982), American actress
• Flemming Christensen (born 1958), Danish football player
• Frank Christensen (1910–2001), American businessman and college athlete
• Frank J. Christensen (born 1961), American Labor Leader
• Fred J. Christensen (1921–2006), American fighter pilot and Air Force officer
• George Christensen (1909–1968), American football player
• Harold Christensen (1904–1989), American ballet personality
• Hayden Christensen (born 1981), Canadian actor
• Heather Christensen (born 1979), American model
• Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish supermodel
• Hjalmar Christensen (1869–1925), Norwegian writer
• Inger Christensen (born 1935), Danish writer
• Ione Christensen (born 1933), Canadian politician
• J. C. Christensen (1856–1930), Danish politician
• James C. Christensen (born 1942), American artist
• Jesper Christensen (born 1948), Danish actor
• Jesper Bøje Christensen (born 1944), Danish musician
• John Christensen (born 1948), New Zealand field hockey player
• Jon Christensen (born 1943), Norwegian jazz musician
• Jon Lynn Christensen (born 1963), American businessman and politician
• Jørn Christensen (born 1959), Norwegian music figure
• Julie Christensen, American singer
• Julie Christensen, fictional character in the film Final Destination 3 (2006)
• Kayte Christensen (born 1980), American basketball player
• Kerry Christensen (born 1954), American yodeler
• Kim Christensen (born 1979), Danish football player
• Kim Christensen (born 1980), Danish football player
• L. Royal Christensen (1914-1997), Lasker Award-winning American microbiologist
• Lars Christensen, Norwegian shipowner and whaling magnate
• Lars Lindberg Christensen, Danish academic
• Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953), Norwegian author
• LaVar Christensen, American politician
• Leif Christensen (1950–1988), Danish musician
• Lew Christensen (1909–1984), American ballet personality
• Martin Christensen (born 1987), Danish football player
• McKay Christensen (born 1975), American baseball player
• Morten Christensen (tennis) (born 1955), Danish tennis player
• Morten Stig Christensen (born 1958), Danish handball player and sports broadcaster
• Mose Christensen (1871–1920), American musician
• Niels Christensen (1855–1952), Danish-American inventor
• Parley Parker Christensen (1869–1954), American politician
• Pernille Fischer Christensen (born 1969), Danish film director
• Peter Christensen (born 1975), Danish politician
• Phil Christensen, American geologist
• Ole Christensen (born 1955), Danish politician
• Ove Christensen (born 1950), Danish football coach
• Raymond T. Christensen (born 1961), Corporal, United States Marines Corps
• Søren Christensen (born 1986), Danish football player
• Søren Peter Christensen (1884–1927), Danish Olympic gymnast
• Steen Christensen (born 1964), Danish criminal
• Theodor Christensen (1905–1988), Schutzstaffel official
• Thomas Guldborg Christensen (born 1984), Danish football player
• Tim Christensen (born 1974), Danish musician
• Todd Christensen (born 1956), American football player and sports broadcaster
• Tonja Christensen (born 1971), American model
• Tom Christensen, Canadian politician
• Ute Christensen (born 1955), German actress
• Villy Christensen, Canadian fisheries scientist
• Ward Christensen, founder of the first online bulletin board system
• Willam Christensen (1902–2001), American ballet personality

See also

• Christiansen
• Christianson
• Kristiansen

References