Christensen (surname)

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Christensen {IPA|'kʁɛstənsən}, is a Danish (and Norwegian) patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christen, a sideform of Christian. The spelling variant Kristensen has indentical prononciation. Christensen is the sixth commonest name in Denmark, shared by about 2% of the population.^[1]

The numbers of bearers of the surnames Christiansen and Kristiansen in Denmark and Norway (2007):

	Christensen	Kristensen	source
Denmark	128168	63487	Statistics Denmark
Norway	6399	7022	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
Anne Christensen, a fashion reporter for the New York Times
Anita Christensen (born 1971), Danish professional boxer
Bekim Christensen (born 1973), Danish cycle racer
Benjamin Christensen (1879–1959), Danish actor and director
Ben Christensen (born 1986), English football player
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
Erik Christensen (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
Erika Christensen (born 1982), American actress
Flemming Christensen (born 1958), Danish football player
Frank Christensen (1910–2001), American businessman and college athlete
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
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 (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
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
Ward Christensen, founder of the first online bulletin board system
Willam Christensen (1902–2001), American ballet personality