Larsen (surname)
Larsen, is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Lars". It is the seventh most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 2.4% of the population.
Larsen may refer to the following notable people:
In engineering
- Gunnar Larsen (politician), Danish chemical engineer, businessman and politician
- Henning Holck-Larsen, Danish co-founder of Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro
In exploration
- Carl Anton Larsen, Norwegian Antarctic explorer
- Henry Larsen, Canadian Arctic explorer
- Petter Larsen, Norwegian sailor
- Torry Larsen, Norwegian adventurer and Arctic explorer
In music
- Blaine Larsen, American country music artist
- Brian Larsen, American singer-songwriter and producer
- Jon Larsen (Norwegian musician), Norwegian gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher
- Jon Larsen (Danish musician), Danish musician, drummer for Volbeat
- Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician
- Libby Larsen, American composer
- Magnus Larsen, Norwegian bass guitar player, Di Derre
- Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer and songwriter
- Micheal Larsen, known as Eyedea, American musician, rapper and poet
- Neil Larsen, American jazz keyboardist, musical arranger and composer
- Tutta Larsen, Russian singer
- William Wiik Larsen, Norwegian record producer, songwriter and musician
In politics
- Aksel Larsen, Danish politician
- Christina Höj Larsen, Swedish politician
- Doug Larsen, American politician and businessman
- Ernest A. Larsen, American politician and educator
- Ester Larsen, Danish politician and schoolteacher
- Gry Larsen, Norwegian politician
- Helge Larsen, Danish politician
- Reidar T. Larsen, Norwegian politician
- Rick Larsen, American politician
- Steffen Larsen, Danish politician
- Terje Rød-Larsen, Norwegian diplomat and politician
- Tove Lindbo Larsen, Danish politician
In sports and games
- Art Larsen, American tennis player
- Alba Hurup Larsen, Danish racing driver
- Bent Larsen, Danish chess player
- Blair Larsen, New Zealand rugby player
- Brad Larsen, Canadian ice hockey player
- Don Larsen, American baseball player
- Edvard Larsen, Norwegian triple jumper
- Ernst Larsen, Norwegian athlete
- Gary Larsen, American football player
- Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer
- Gert Larsen, Danish curler and coach
- Ike Larsen, American football player
- Ingrid Larsen, Danish diver
- Ingrid Larsen (chess player), Danish chess player
- Jack Larsen (baseball), American baseball player
- Jacob Larsen (basketball), Danish player
- Jens Larsen, Danish volleyball player and coach
- Jeremy Larsen, American mixed martial artist
- Josh Larsen, Canadian rugby player
- Kyle Larsen, American bridge player
- Lyn Larsen, Australian cricketer
- Øjvind Larsen, Danish chess player
- Petter Larsen, Finnish rugby player
- Philip Larsen, Danish ice hockey player
- Preben Elkjær Larsen, Danish footballer
- Roald Larsen, Norwegian speed skater
- Søren Larsen, Danish footballer
- Tonje Larsen, Norwegian handball player
- Tore Helge Larsen, Norwegian harness racer
- Uffe Schultz Larsen, Danish sport shooter
In other fields
- Alf Larsen, Norwegian poet, essayist and magazine editor
- Anders Larsen, Sami teacher, journalist and writer
- Anne-Lise Salling Larsen, Danish nurse and professor
- Bryan Larsen, American painter
- David Larsen, American stage actor
- Emanuel Larsen, Danish painter
- Erik Otto Larsen, Danish novelist
- Esper Signius Larsen, Jr., American petrologist
- Frederick Niels Larsen, American leader of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Hanna Astrup Larsen, American writer, editor and translator
- Henrik Sass Larsen, Danish politician
- Henry Louis Larsen, American Marine Corps General; Governor of American Samoa and Guam
- Ilselil Larsen, Danish actress
- Jakob Larsen, an American classical scholar
- Jonathan Z. Larsen, American journalist
- Marianne Larsen, Danish poet and writer
- Megan Larsen, New Zealand-born Australian-based organic skincare entrepreneur
- Mernet Larsen, American artist
- Michael J. Larsen, American mathematician
- Mickey Borgfjord Larsen, Danish organized crime figure
- Nella Larsen, American novelist
- Øivind Larsen, Norwegian physician
- Roy E. Larsen, American publishing executive, president of Time magazine
- Sally Larsen, American photographer
- Søren Absalon Larsen, Danish physicist, discoverer of the Larsen acoustic feedback effect
- Terje Larsen, Norwegian serial burglar
- Torben Bjørn Larsen, Danish lepidopterist
- Tryggve Larssen, Norwegian actor