Møller is a Danish

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, referring to an occupation as a

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, equivalent of the Scottish/English ''

'', the German ''Müller'' etc. Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.
Statistics Denmark It is the most common non-

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surname. Danish immigrants to English-speaking countries often

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Moller Moller, Möller, Møller or von Möller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolf Möller, German olympic rower *Ale Möller, Swedish musician and composer *Alex Möller, German politician *Andreas Möller, German footballer * ...

'', or ''

Moeller Moeller and Möller are closely related surnames of German origin. People bearing one of them include the following: People * Adolph Moeller, American politician * Alfred Alphonse Moeller (1889–1971), governor of Orientale Province in the Bel ...

''.

Persons

Anders Møller Christensen Anders Møller Christensen (born 26 July 1977) is a retired Danish footballer. International career Møller Christensen was called up for the league national team, which played a number of unofficial national team games in the United States, El S ...

Arnold Peter Møller Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904. Biography A. P. Møller was the son of captain Peter ...

(1876–1965), Danish shipping magnate and founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group * Arvid Møller (1939-2020), Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer *

Birger Møller-Pedersen Birger Møller-Pedersen (born 11 November 1949) is a computer scientist and professor at the University of Oslo, department of informatics. He published numerous works on object-oriented programming and has contributed to the creation of the BE ...

Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck (28 September 1845 – 17 March 1917) was a Norwegian dermatologist born in Lier, Norway. He was a nephew to dermatologist Carl Wilhelm Boeck (1808-1875) and zoologist Christian Peder Bianco Boeck (1798-1877). In 187 ...

* Carl Møller *

Christian Møller Christian Møller (22 December 1904 in Hundslev, Als (island), Als14 January 1980 in Ordrup) was a Danish people, Danish chemist and physicist who made fundamental contributions to the theory of relativity, theory of gravitation and quantum chemi ...

(1904–1980), Danish physicist *

Erik Møller Svend Erik Møller (7 November 1909 – 24 March 2002) was a Danish architect. Møller used to work with the famous Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen. Together they won the competition to design the new City Hall in Aarhus, which was ...

(1909–2002), Danish architect *

Grethe Fenger Møller Grethe Fenger Møller (born 6 November 1941) is a Danish Conservative People's Party politician and lawyer who was elected to the Folketing as a representative of the constituency from 1977 to 1994 and was the Minister of Labour in the first gov ...

(born 1941), Danish politician *

Gunner Møller Pedersen Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 1943) is a Danish composer. Pedersen is best noted for composing the scores to nine of the films of Danish director Nils Malmros including ''Beauty and the Beast'' ('' Skønheden og udyret'') in 1983 and ''Pain of Lov ...

Hans Peter Christian Møller Hans Peter Christian Møller (1810–1845) was a Danish people, Danish Malacology, malacologist and Inspector of North Greenland. He studied at the Sorø Academy, where he studied theology and zoology. He later became a lieutenant in the Royal Dan ...

(1810–1845), Danish malacologist and Inspector of North Greenland * Ida Møller (1872–1947), Danish operatic soprano * Johan Møller Warmedal *

John Christmas Møller Guido Leo John Christmas Møller, usually known as Christmas Møller (3 April 1894 in Copenhagen – 13 April 1948 in Copenhagen) was a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party (Denmark), Conservative People's Party. Li ...

(1894–1948), Danish politician * Katti Anker Møller *

Kenneth Heiner-Møller Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen; 17 January 1971) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Canadian women's national team. In 1994–1995 he played for Ferencvárosi TC in Hungary, ...

* Kenneth Møller Pedersen * Lis Møller (1918–1983), Danish journalist and politician * M. P. Moller *

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (; 13 July 1913 – 16 April 2012) was a Danish shipping magnate. He was a longtime figure at A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, which was founded by his father. Personal life Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was born in Hell ...

(1913–2012), Danish shipping magnate * Marc Møller * Michael Møller (born 1952), Danish diplomat, Director-General of

United Nations Office at Geneva The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG, french: Office des Nations Unies à Genève) in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the four major offices of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNOG ...

(2013-) * Niels Otto Møller *

Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller (, informal: Per Stig; born 27 August 1942 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for ...

(born 1942), Danish politician, Foreign Minister (2001–) * Peder Møller (disambiguation) ** Peder Møller (gymnast) ** Peder Ludvig Møller *

Peter Møller Peter Møller Nielsen (born 23 March 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. In 2018 he became sporting director of Dansk Boldspil Union. He won fo ...

(born 1972), Danish former professional footballer *

Pia Christmas-Møller Pia Christmas-Møller (born 21 January 1961) is a Danish politician, a member of parliament from 1987 until 2011. She represented the Conservative People's Party from 1987 until 2007 and led her party between 1998 and 1999. From 2007 until 2011 s ...

Poul Martin Møller Poul Martin Møller (21 March 1794 – 13 March 1838) was a Danish academic, writer, and poet. During his lifetime, he gained renown in Denmark for his poetry. After his death, his posthumously published fiction and philosophical writings were wel ...

(1794–1838), Danish professor of philosophy and author *

Richard Møller Nielsen Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelan ...

* Sunniva Hakestad Møller

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