Anders is a male name in

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and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek

Andreas Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of B ...

("manly") and the English

Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ...

. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries, earliest attested in 1378. It was common for priests and farmers during medieval times. According to

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, as of 31 December 2002 it ranks 4th among the male names. The great frequency of this name at the point in time (around 1900) when

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

s were converted into

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s is the reason why 1 out of every 30 Swedes today is called

Andersson Andersson (previously Andjersson) is a Swedish language surname, a form of the surname Anderson. ''Andersson'' is, if several spelling variants are included, the most common surname in Sweden.name day In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ...

of Anders in the Scandinavian calendar is 30 November, and in the old peasant superstition that day was important for determining what the

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weather would be. If it was very cold on 30 November there would be much sleet on Christmas (and vice versa). In Denmark

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's name is ''Anders And''. The Fering name Anders may have been borrowed from the Danish version.

People

Given name

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Anders Aarum Anders Aarum (born 17 December 1974 in Moss, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, known from numerous albums and international collaborations like Sonny Simmons, Ola Kvernberg, Tine Asmundsen, Sigurd Køhn, Børre Dalhaug, Nora Brockstedt and Ev ...

(born 1974), Norwegian jazz pianist *

Anders Aalborg Anders Olav Aalborg (August 24, 1914 – February 13, 2000) was a teacher and a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus, and served in the cabinet ...

(1914–2000), Canadian teacher and politician *

Anders Ahlgren Anders Oscar Ahlgren (12 February 1888 – 27 December 1976) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He was a world champion in 1913 and finished second in 1911 and 1922. At the 1912 Summer Olympics, Ahlgren won the silver medal in the light heavyw ...

(1888–1976), Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler * Anders Andersen (1912–2006), Danish politician *

Anders Antonsen Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys singles event, and at the same year was awarded the European Young Player of the Year. Together with th ...

(born 1997), Danish badminton player *

Anders Anundsen Anders Anundsen (born 17 November 1975) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from 2013 to 2016. He was also a member of the Norwegian parliament, representing Vestfold from 2005 to 2017. A jurist by ...

(born 1975), Norwegian politician *

Anders Aplin Anders Aplin is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Singapore Premier League club Hougang United and the Singapore national team. Club career Youth career Anders was part of the Singapore Sports School's inaugura ...

(born 1991), Singapore football player *

Anders Arborelius Lars Anders Cardinal Arborelius (; born 24 September 1949) is a Swedish Catholic cardinal. He has been Bishop of Stockholm since 1998. Pope Francis made him a cardinal, the first ever from Sweden and Scandinavia, on 28 June 2017. Early life ...

(born 1949), Swedish Roman Catholic cardinal *

Anders Askevold Anders Askevold (25 December 1834 – 22 October 1900) was a Norwegian painter. His art was characterized by romantic national expression. He was best known for his fjord landscapes from Western Norway. Biography Anders Monsen Askevold was ...

(1834–1900), Norwegian painter *

Anders August Anders Frithiof August (born 15 June 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Danish screenwriter, graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2007. He wrote the short film '' The Pig'', that was nominated for an Oscar in 2009. In 2011 he won the Dan ...

(born 1978), Danish screenwriter *

Anders Aukland Anders Aukland (born 12 September 1972 in Tønsberg) is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier who has won both Olympic and World Championship gold medals. He lives in Oslo. Aukland also used to compete in athletics, and is a former nation ...

(born 1972), Norwegian cross-country skier * Anders Bjork, American

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player for the

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along w ...

Anders Björklund Anders Björklund' (born 11 July 1945) is a Swedish neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of cell- and gene-based reparative and neuroprotective mechanisms in the brain. He has spent his academic career at Lund University in Sweden, as professo ...

(born 1945), Swedish neuroscientist *

Anders Björler Anders Björler (born 26 February 1973) is a Swedish musician, composer and film director. He is best known as the guitar player in the metal bands The Haunted and At the Gates, alongside his bass-playing twin brother Jonas Björler. Björler ...

(born 1973), Swedish musician and songwriter *

Anders Blume Anders Blume (born December 7, 1985) is a Danish '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' commentator and co-founder of RoomOnFire. He has been present as a caster at all of the Valve sponsored CS:GO Majors, with the exception of EMS One Katowice 201 ...

(born in 1985), Danish CS:GO commentator *

Anders Behring Breivik Fjotolf Hansen (born 13 February 1979), better known by his birth name Anders Behring Breivik () and by his pseudonym Andrew Berwick, is a Norwegian far-right domestic terrorist, known for committing the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July 2011. On ...

(born 1979), Norwegian terrorist and right-wing extremist *

Anders Boesen Anders Ploug Boesen (born 6 March 1976) is a former professional badminton player from Denmark. He has represented Denmark in international tournaments such as in World Championships, Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and European Championships. Anders B ...

(born 1976), Danish badminton player *

Anders Brännström Generalmajor (Sweden), Major General Anders Karl Oskar Brännström (born 28 February 1957) is a retired Swedish Army officer. He has served in Cyprus, Kosovo and Afghanistan and been commanding officer of Jämtland Ranger Regiment. Brännström's ...

(born 1957), Swedish Army major general *

Anders Callert Major General Anders Bertil Callert (born 10 May 1965) is a Swedish Army officer. Callert served as Assistant Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement from 2016 to 2021. He currently serves as head of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Na ...

(born 1965), Swedish Army major general *

Anders Carlsson (ice hockey) Anders "Masken" Carlsson (born 25 November 1960 in Gävle, Sweden) is a Swedish retired ice hockey center who played parts of three seasons with the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League and many seasons in the Elitserien for ...

(born 1960), "Masken", Swedish ice hockey player *

Anders Celsius Anders Celsius (; 27 November 170125 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germa ...

(1701–1744), Swedish astronomer *

Anders Danielsen Lie Anders Danielsen Lie (born 1 January 1979) is a Norwegian actor, musician and medical doctor. Education Danielsen Lie studied Ancient Greek (1997-1998), musicology (2001-2003) and medicine (1999-2007) at the University of Oslo. Career Acting ...

(born 1979), Norwegian actor, musician and medical doctor *

Anders Eklund (boxer) Anders Eklund (22 December 1957 – 1 April 2010) was a Swedish boxer. He was nicknamed ''Lillen'' (Swedish: "Tiny"), but later chose the nickname "Viking". Eklund was born in Gävle. He competed in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at th ...

(1957–2010), Swedish boxer * Anders Eriksson (born 1975), Swedish ice hockey player

F–L

Anders Fannemel Anders Fannemel (; born 13 May 1991) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former ski flying world record holder, with set in Vikersund on 15 February 2015. Career Fannemel started ski jumping when he was 14 years old, which is rather late c ...

(born 1991), Norwegian ski jumper *

Anders Frandsen Anders Frandsen (8 December 1960 – c. 1 January 2012) was a Denmark, Danish musician, singer, actor and TV presenter. He was born in Copenhagen. Career Although Frandsen was not a trained actor, he appeared in theatre performances during the ...

(1960-c. 2012), Danish actor and musician, Danish representative in the

1991 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rome, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song " Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno and was organised by the European Br ...

Anders Fridén Pär Anders Fridén (born 25 March 1973) is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of Heavy metal music, heavy metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and Passenger (Swedish band), Passenger, a side project ...

(born 1973), Swedish death metal singer for the band In Flames *

Anders Gärderud Sven Anders Gärderud (born 28 August 1946) is a Swedish former track and field athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Gärderud was born to an orienteering competitor, and was an accomplished ...

(born 1946), Swedish steeplechase runner *

Anders Abraham Grafström Anders Abraham Grafström (10 January 1790 – 24 July 1870) was a Swedish historian, priest and poet. Life Grafström was born in Sundsvall in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He studied at Uppsala University, where he was enrolled in 180 ...

(1790–1870), Swedish poet and historian *

Anders Hedberg Anders Hedberg (born 25 February 1951) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who was one of the first European-born players to make an impact in North America. Along with countryman Ulf Nilsson, Hedberg signed a contract to play for ...

(born 1951), Swedish pioneering ice hockey player *

Anders Hejlsberg Anders Hejlsberg (, born 2 December 1960) is a Danish software engineer who co-designed several programming languages and development tools. He was the original author of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of Delphi. He currently works for Mic ...

(born 1960), Danish software engineer *

Anders Holm Anders Christian Holm (born May 29, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show ''Workaholics'' and starred in the short-lived NBC series ''Champions''. He, along wit ...

, American writer and one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show ''Workaholics'' *

Anders Holmertz Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 40 ...

(born 1968), Swedish retired swimmer, twice freestyle world champion *

Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper) Anders Jacobsen (; born 17 February 1985) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and won a team bronze medal in the large hill event in 2010. He is the youngest Norwegian winner of Four Hills Tournament ...

(born 1985), Norwegian ski jumper *

Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No ...

(born 1961), Swedish former tennis doubles player, winner of eight Grand Slam titles *

Anders Kaliff Anders Kaliff (born 1963) is a Swedish archaeologist. Kaliff has worked as chief of the archaeology department of the Swedish National Heritage Board, and led archaeological excavations throughout Northern Europe and Asia. Since 2008 he has been ...

(born 1963), Swedish archaeologist *

Anders Lange Anders Sigurd Lange (5 September 1904 – 18 October 1974) was a Norway, Norwegian political organiser, speaker and editor who led his eponymously named political party Anders Lange's Party for a Strong Reduction in Taxes, Duties and Public In ...

(1904–1974), Norwegian politician *

Anders Langlands Ander Langlands is a visual effects supervisor. In 2016, he was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 88th Academy Awards for his work on the film '' The Martian''. His nomination was shared with Chris Lawrence, Richard Stammers, and Steven ...

, visual effects supervisor *

Anders Lee Anders Mark Lee (born July 3, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey winger and captain of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lee attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played hockey for the Fighting Iris ...

(born 1990), American ice hockey player for the

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ( ...

Anders Limpar Anders Erik Limpar (born 24 September 1965) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Limpar featured for the clubs IF Brommapojkarna, Young Boys, Cremonese, Arsenal, Everton, Birmingham City, AIK, Colorado Rapids ...

(born 1965), Swedish footballer *

Anders Lindegaard Anders Rozenkrantz Lindegaard (; born 13 April 1984) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has earned five caps for the Denmark national team. Lindegaard began his career with his hometown club, Odense Boldkl ...

(born 1984), Danish footballer *

Anders Linderoth Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for representing Helsingsborgs IF, Östers IF, Marseille, and Mjällby AIF during a club career t ...

(born 1950), Swedish professional football player and coach *

Anders Lindström Anders Lindström, or Boba Fett, as he is often called, is a Swedish rock musician most known for being the organist and pianist of the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters and co-founder and guitarist of The Diamond Dogs. Life and career Lindstr ...

(born 1969), Swedish rock guitarist and pianist *

(born 1955), Swedish Army officer *

Anders Lustgarten Anders Lustgarten is a British playwright, who resides in London. Early life Lustgarten is the child of progressive American academics; his mother is Donna Dickenson. He read Chinese Studies at Oxford before heading to Berkeley in California to ...

, British playwright *

Anders Olson Lysne Anders Olson Lysne (born 1764, died 1803), was a farmer who led the Lærdal farmers' rebellion from 1800 to 1802. The rebellion began after the government of Denmark-Norway ordered that the farmers of Lærdal had to do compulsory military service ...

(1764-1803), Norwegian rebel leader

M–Z

Anders Nilsen (disambiguation) Anders Nilsen may refer to: * Anders Nilsen (cartoonist) (born 1973), American cartoonist * Anders Nilsen (musician) (born 1988), Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer * Anders Nilsen Næsset (1872–1949), Norwegian fisherman and MP * A ...

, multiple people *

Anders Örne Anders Örne (1881–1956) was a Swedish politician who served as the minister of communications (transport) between 1921 and 1923. He also headed the Cooperative Society and Post Office Administration. In addition, he was a member of the Social ...

(1881–1956), Swedish politician *

Anders Österberg Anders Henrik Mikael Österberg (born 1981) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Stockholm Municipality between September 2018 and September ...

(born 1981), Swedish politician *

Anders Holch Povlsen Anders Holch Povlsen (born 4 November 1972) is a Danish billionaire, CEO and sole owner of the international retail clothing chain Bestseller (which includes Vero Moda and Jack&Jones), a company founded by his parents. He is the largest sharehol ...

(born 1972), Danish billionaire, CEO and sole owner of the international retail clothing chain Bestseller *

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Anders Sandøe Ørsted (21 December 1778 – 1 May 1860) was a Danish lawyer, politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark in 1853–1854. Biography He studied philosophy and law at the University of Copenhagen and was ...

(1778–1860), Danish politician and jurist, Prime Minister of Denmark (1853–1854) *

Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist) Anders Sandøe Ørsted, also written as ''Anders Sandoe Oersted'' or ''Anders Sandö Örsted'' (21 June 1816 – 3 September 1872) was a Danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist. He was the nephew of physicist Hans Christian Ør ...

(1816–1872), Danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist, nephew of the prime minister *

Anders Rapp Anders Rapp (1927–1998) was a Swedish geomorphologist and geographer who pioneered quantitative geomorphological approach on mass movements and erosion. He was the first to make a comprehensive study on avalanche boulder tongues. Most of Rapp' ...

(1927–1998), Swedish geographer *

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the 12th Secretary General of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became CEO of politi ...

(born 1953), Danish politician, Secretary General of NATO *

Anders Södergren Hans Anders Södergren (born 17 May 1977 in Söderhamn, Hälsingland) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 5t ...

(born 1977), Swedish cross-country skier *

Anders Svensson (bandy) Anders Svensson (born 11 June 1975) is a Swedish bandy player who currently plays for Edsbyn as a goalkeeper. Career Club career Svensson is a youth product of IFK Rättvik and has represented Ljusdal, IFK Rättvik, Edsbyn, Dynamo Kazan, and ...

(born 1975), Swedish bandy player * Anders Svensson (canoeist) (born 1977), Swedish canoer *

Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976) Anders Gunnar Svensson (; born 17 July 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer. He was a central midfielder, known for his passing, free kicks, and set piece-taking abilities, who usually operated in a playmaking role. He was capped ...

, Swedish footballer *

Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1939) Anders Svensson (27 March 1939 – 6 December 2007) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Malmö FF, PSV and Örgryte IS during his career, and was capped once for Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sw ...

(1939–2007), Swedish footballer *

Anders Sunesen Anders Sunesen (also ''Andreas'', ''Suneson'', ''Sunesøn'', Latin: ''Andreas Sunonis'') (c. 1167 – 1228) was a Danish archbishop of Lund, Scania, from 21 March 1201, at the death of Absalon, to his own death in 1228. He is the author ...

(c. 1167–1228), Danish archbishop *

Anders Erikson Sparrman Anders Sparrman (27 February 1748, Tensta, Uppland – 9 August 1820) was a Swedish naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Biography left, Miniature of Sparrman at the time of his travels with James Cook. By unknown artis ...

(1748–1820), Swedish naturalist and abolitionist *

Anders Szalkai Pal Anders Szalkai (born 17 April 1970 in Bårslöv, Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne) is a long-distance runner from Sweden. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 64th place. Szalkai won ...

(born 1970), Swedish retired long-distance runner *