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Pedersen Glacier
Pedersen () is a Danish Language, Danish and Norwegian Language, 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, and the sixth most common in Norway. 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 *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 si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Language
Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status. Minor Danish-speaking communities are also found in Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Danish, together with Swedish, derives from the ''East Norse'' dialect group, while the Middle Norwegian language (before the influence of Danish) and Norwegian Bokmål are classified as ''West Norse'' along with Faroese and Icelandic. A more recent classification based on mutual intelligibility separates modern spoken Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as "mainland (or ''continental'') Scandinavian", while I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
