# Mortensen

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mortensen
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mortensen.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortensen
> Source revision: 1284765209
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

'''Mortensen''' or '''Mortenson''' (in US) is a surname of [Danish](/source/Danish_language) and [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language) origin, meaning ''son of Morten''. The [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language) variant is [Mårtensson](/source/M%C3%A5rtensson). Mortensen is currently the 20th most common surname in [Denmark](/source/Denmark).<ref>[http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/Navne/pop/2004.aspx DST.dk]</ref>

It may refer to the following people:

*[Alex Mortensen](/source/Alex_Mortensen) (born 1985), American football coach
*[Arne Mortensen](/source/Arne_Mortensen) (1900–1942), Norwegian rower
*[Beverly Mortensen](/source/Beverly_Mortensen) (born 1939), American musician and composer 
*[Carlos Mortensen](/source/Carlos_Mortensen) (born 1972), Ecuadorian professional poker player
*[Chris Mortensen](/source/Chris_Mortensen) (1951–2024), American journalist, father of Alex Mortensen
*[Christian Mortensen](/source/Christian_Mortensen) (1882–1998), Danish-American supercentenarian
*[Clayton Mortensen](/source/Clayton_Mortensen) (born 1985), American baseball player
*[Dale L. Mortensen](/source/Dale_L._Mortensen) (1966–2020), American politician
*[Dale T. Mortensen](/source/Dale_T._Mortensen) (1939–2014), American economist
*[Dan Mortensen](/source/Dan_Mortensen) (born 1968), American rodeo rider
*[Daniel Mortensen](/source/Daniel_Mortensen) (born 1994), Danish basketballer
*[Erling Mortensen](/source/Erling_Mortensen) (born 1955), Danish chess master
*[Finn Mortensen](/source/Finn_Mortensen) (1922–1983), Norwegian classical composer
*[Flemming Møller Mortensen](/source/Flemming_M%C3%B8ller_Mortensen) (born 1963), Danish politician
*[Greg Mortenson](/source/Greg_Mortenson), American humanitarian
*[Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen](/source/Hans_Christian_Cornelius_Mortensen) (1856–1921), Danish teacher and ornithologist
*[Jess Mortensen](/source/Jess_Mortensen) (1907–1962), American NCAA champion track athlete and coach
*[Lars Ulrik Mortensen](/source/Lars_Ulrik_Mortensen) (born 1955), Danish harpsichordist and conductor
*[Malene Mortensen](/source/Malene_Mortensen) (born 1982), Danish singer
*Norma Jean Mortenson, birth name of [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe) (1926–1962), American actress
*[Ole Mortensen](/source/Ole_Mortensen) (born 1958), Danish cricketer
*[Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen](/source/Ole_Theodor_Jensen_Mortensen) (1868–1952), Danish professor of zoology
*[Stan Mortensen](/source/Stan_Mortensen) (1921–1991), English professional footballer
*[Sara Mortensen](/source/Sara_Mortensen) (born 1979), French actress
*[Sarah Mortensen](/source/Sarah_Mortensen) (born 1997), Danish basketballer, sister of Daniel Mortensen
*[Svend Aage Mortensen](/source/Svend_Aage_Mortensen) (1942–2015), Danish cardiologist
*[Viggo Mortensen](/source/Viggo_Mortensen) (born 1958), Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter
*[William Mortensen](/source/William_Mortensen) (1897–1965), American photographer, known for 1920s–1940s Hollywood portraits in the Pictorialist style
*[Zachary Mortensen](/source/Zachary_Mortensen) (born 1972), American film producer and writer

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{surname}}<!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname -->

Category:Danish-language surnames
Category:Norwegian-language surnames
Category:Patronymic surnames

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mortensen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortensen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortensen?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.