Knutsen
# Knutsen

Knutsen is a Norwegian surname. Its origin was as a patronymic name (-sen/-søn/-son/-zen) derived from the first name Knut. Notable people with the surname include:

* Arvid Knutsen (1944–2009), Norwegian footballer and later coach
* Espen Knutsen (born 1972), Norwegian ice hockey player
* Finn Knutsen (1932–2021), Norwegian politician
* Geir Knutsen (born 1959), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Guro 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
* Marie Knutsen (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 (1886–1961), Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1928
* Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik (1847–1936), Norwegian educator
* Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, Norwegian explorers who went with Roald Amundsen on his 1918 Arctic expedition
* Tormod Knutsen (1932–2021), Norwegian Nordic combined athlete
* Tove Karoline Knutsen (born 1951), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Venke Knutson (born 1978), Norwegian pop artist
