Petersen
Sign in to savePetersen is a common Danish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to:
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 129 inbound references to Petersen, and connects out to Peter, Danish and family name.
It is catalogued under topics including Danish-language surnames, German-language surnames and Norwegian-language surnames.
Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Surname.name
- Petersen
- Surname.pronunciation
- PeH-teHr-seHn
- Surname.meaning
- “son of Peter”
- Surname.region
- Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden; Northern Germany: Former old Danish territories.
- Surname.origin
- Nordic
- Surname.variant
- PetersonPettersenPedersen
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- People
- In arts and entertainment
- In government and politics
- In music
- In military
- In religion
- In sport
- In other fields
- Other uses
- See also
Petersen is a common Danish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to:
==People== ===In arts and entertainment=== Adolf Dahm-Petersen, Norwegian voice specialist Anja Petersen, German operatic soprano and university lecturer Anker Eli Petersen, Faroese writer and artist Ann Petersen, Belgian actress Christina Petersen (born 1974), German actress Devon Petersen (born 1986), South African darts player Elmer Petersen, American artist Eugen Petersen (1836-1919), German classical archaeologist and philologist Gustaf Munch-Petersen, Danish writer and painter Joel Petersen, bass guitarist John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor Josef Petersen, Danish novelist Patrick Petersen, American actor Paul Petersen, American movie actor, singer, novelist, and activist Robert E. Petersen, publisher, auto museum founder Robert Storm Petersen, Danish cartoonist, writer, animator, illustrator, painter and humorist Sandy Petersen, American game designer Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German musician William Petersen, American actor Wolfgang Petersen (1941–2022), German film director
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