Knutsen is a Norwegian surname. Its origin was as a

patronymic name 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 ...

(-sen/-søn/-son/-zen) derived from the first name

Knut Knut (Norwegian language, Norwegian and Swedish language, Swedish), Knud (Danish language, Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German language, German, and Dutch language, Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Arvid Knutsen Arvid Knutsen (3 March 1944 – 4 January 2009) was a Norway, Norwegian footballer and later coach. He joined Viking FK from Stavanger IF Fotball, Stavanger IF in 1961, and made his senior team debut in 1963. With Viking he won the Norwegian Pre ...

(1944–2009), Norwegian footballer and later coach * Espen Knutsen (born 1972), Norwegian ice hockey player *

Finn Knutsen Finn Knutsen (18 February 1932 – 14 February 2021) was a Norwegian politician. Career Knutsen was born in Langenes to Ole and Unni Knudsen. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 1985–1989 for the Labour Party. H ...

(1932–2021), Norwegian politician * Geir Knutsen (born 1959), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *

Guro Knutsen Guro Knutsen Mienna (born Guro Knutsen on 10 January 1985) is a Norwegian former footballer who played for Røa IL of the Toppserien league and for the Norway women's national football team. She played alongside her older sister Marie Knutsen ...

(born 1985), Norwegian football player * Konrad B. Knutsen (1925–2012), Norwegian civil servant * Lars Knutsen (1884–1963), Norwegian shipowner, founder of Lars Knutsen and Sons Ltd, a ship chandler business in

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

Marie Knutsen Marie Lindebø Knutsen (born 31 August 1982) is a Norwegian former football midfielder who played for Røa of Norway's Toppserien league and represented the Norwegian national team. Club career Aside from Røa IL, Knutsen has also played for K ...

(born 1982), Norwegian football midfielder * Morten Knutsen (born 1977), Norwegian football coach and former player * Nelly Bell Knutsen (1905–1991), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party *

Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes Olav Martinius Knutsen Steinnes (9 January 1886 – 26 June 1961) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party and Nasjonal Samling. He was born at Steinnes in Ørsta as a son of farmers Knut Olai Olavsen Steinnes (1856–193 ...

(1886–1961), Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1928 *

Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik (9 April 1847 – 24 December 1936) was a Norwegian educator and musician. Biography He was born at Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was a son of Knut Barstad and his wife Ragnhild, née Brekke. His father died in ...

(1847–1936), Norwegian educator * Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, Norwegian explorers who went with

Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen bega ...

on his 1918 Arctic expedition *

Tormod Knutsen Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, who won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, a ...

(1932–2021), Norwegian Nordic combined athlete * Tove Karoline Knutsen (born 1951), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *

Venke Knutson Venke Knutson (born 20 October 1978) is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway. Life and career Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she go ...

(born 1978), Norwegian pop artist

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