Show ContentsMichaelsen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Michaelsen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mickelsen, Michelsen, Michielsen,Michaelsen, Michelsen, Mikkelsen, Michelsen, Michielsen and many more.

Early Notables of the Michaelsen family

  • Gödeke Michels (Gottfried Michaelsen) (died 1402), German pirate, one of the leaders of the Likedeeler, he raided shipping in the North and Baltic Sea near the end of the 14th century with help, prima...


United States Michaelsen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Michaelsen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Jan Michaelsen, who arrived in New York in 1637 1
Michaelsen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Frederick Michaelsen, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Michaelsen (post 1700) +

  • Mark G. Michaelsen, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1984
  • Jan Munk Michaelsen (b. 1970), former Danish footballer and current head coach of the Denmark under-17 national team., son of Allan Michaelsen
  • Allan Michaelsen (1947-2016), Danish football player and manager, Danish Football Player of the Year in 1969


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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