Petersson Explained

Petersson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter". There are alternate Danish, Dutch, English, German, Latvian and Norwegian spellings.Numbers in Sweden:

• Petersson 26 236
• Peterson 1 963
• Peterzon 50
• Petersohn 24 ^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Petersson, Latvian/Icelandic handball player
• Alfred Petersson (1860–1920), Swedish politician
• André Petersson, Swedish ice hockey player
• Axel Petersson, Swedish engineer
• Axel Petersson Döderhultarn (1868–1925), Swedish Master woodcarver
• Bo Petersson, Swedish football manager and former football player
• Bobbo Petersson (born 1992), Swedish ice hockey player
• Göran Petersson, Swedish lawyer, sailor and sports official
• Gunnar Petersson, Swedish javelin thrower
• Harald G. Petersson (1904–1977), German screenwriter
• Hans Joakim Petersson, Swedish rockstar
• Hans Petersson (1902–1984), German mathematician
• Håvard Vad Petersson, Norwegian curler
• Helene Petersson, Swedish social democratic politician
• Johan Petersson (handballer), Swedish handball player
• Johan Petersson (comedian), Swedish comedian, actor, television presenter and author
• Johanna Petersson (1807–1899), pioneering Swedish businesswoman
• Lars G. Petersson (born 1951), Swedish-British human rights activist
• Magnus Petersson, Swedish archer
• Rudolf Petersson (1896–1970), Swedish artist and creator of a popular Swedish comic
• Simon Petersson, Swedish ice hockey defenceman
• Tom Petersson, American bassist for the rock band Cheap Trick
• Torkel Petersson, Swedish actor
• Viljo Petersson-Dahl (born 1982), Swedish wheelchair curler
• William Petersson (1895–1965), Swedish athlete

Notes and References

1. https://www.scb.se/namnsok/ Statistics Sweden