Pedersen

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Pedersen is a surname, and may refer to

• Adam Pedersen - video game programmer, and the founder of Adept Software
• Bjarne Bent Rønne Pedersen, better known as Bjarne Liller (1935-1993) - banjo player and singer in Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band
• Charles John Pedersen (1904-1989) - American organic chemist
• Christiern Pedersen (c. 1480-1554) - a man of many labels, canon, humanist-scholar, writer, printer and publisher
• Henrik Pedersen (born 1975) - Danish professional football player
• Holger Pedersen (1867-1953) - Danish linguist
• Holger Pedersen (b.1946) - Danish astronomer at the European Southern Observatory
• John Douglas Pedersen - prolific arms designer who worked for Remington Arms
• Martin Pedersen - professional footballer in Aalborg Boldklub
• Martin Pedersen - professional cyclist with Team CSC
• Morten Gamst Pedersen (born 1981) - Norwegian football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005) - Danish jazz bassist
• Poul Lars Høgh Pedersen (born 1959) - former Danish football goalkeeper
• Romie Pedersen (born 1955)-American banjo player and craftsman
• Rune Pedersen - Norwegian referee in the 1990's
• Thor Pedersen (born 1945) - Danish politician representing the Liberal party, Venstre
• Troels Myndel Pedersen botanist
• Trond Pedersen (born 1951) - former football player and coach from Norway
• William Pedersen, one of the founders of the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Pedersen is also used as a personal name, as in

• Michael Pedersen Friis (1857-1944) - Prime Minister of Denmark April 5, 1920 to May 5, 1920
• Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850-1916) - Danish mathematician
• Knut Pedersen Hamsun (1859–1952) - Norwegian author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1920
• Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs (born 1962) - a Danish politician and the present Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark

[edit] See also

• Pederson
• Peterson
• Petersen
• Bjelke-Petersen