Johansen
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Johansen is a Scandinavia
n patronymic
surname
meaning "son of Johan
". It is most common in Denmark
and Norway
. The Swedish
variant is Johansson
, while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson
. There are still other spellings. Johansen is an uncommon given name
. People with the surname Johansen include:
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
meaning "son of Johan
Johan
-Other uses:* Jo-Han, a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits* Johan and Peewit, Belgian comics series* Johan Frandsen, frontman for cult Swedish band, The Knockouts* Johan , a Dutch pop-group* Johan Cruijff-schaal, football trophy in the Netherlands...
". It is most common in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
variant is Johansson
Johansson
Johansson is a patronymic family name meaning "son of Johan", or "Johan's son". It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson....
, while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson
Johanson
Johanson is a Germanic patronymic surname meaning "son of Johan". It is uncommon as a given name.* Arvid Johanson , Norwegian politician* Donald Johanson , American paleoanthropologist...
. There are still other spellings. Johansen is an uncommon given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. People with the surname Johansen include:
- Allan JohansenAllan JohansenAllan Johansen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 1998 for Team Chicky World, in 2000 he went on to Team Memorycard - Jack & Jones . Johansen continued at Team Fakta from 2001 to 2003 then to BankGiroLoterij in 2004, before he returned to Team CSC in 2005,...
(born 1971), Danish professional road bicycle racer* - August E. JohansenAugust E. JohansenAugust Edgar Johansen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Johansen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the public schools in Battle Creek, Michigan. He attended Olivet College in 1922 and 1923, and Western Michigan College of Education in Kalamazoo in 1923...
(1905-1995), U.S. Representative from Michigan - Bård Tufte JohansenBård Tufte JohansenBård Tufte Johansen is a Norwegian comedian.Together with Harald Eia, he has authored and participated in several successful NRK TV series, such as Lille Lørdag , Åpen post ,Uti vår hage , Team Antonsen , Tre brødre som ikke er brødre , Ut i vår hage 2 and Storbynatt...
(born 1969), Norwegian comedian - Bjørn JohansenBjørn JohansenBjørn "Bummen" Johansen is a former Norwegian footballer, who played midfielder for Tromsø IL for most of his career. Johansen got his debut in 1987, and played for Tromsø I.L. until 1992. He moved to Viking F.K. in 1993, and stayed there for two seasons. In 1995, Johansen was back at Tromsø I.L.,...
(born 1969), Norwegian footballer - Bodo Johansen (1911–1996), Russian zoologist
- Dan Anton JohansenDan Anton JohansenDan Anton Johansen is a Danish professional footballer currently playing for Hvidovre IF. Johansen started his career with Danish team Brøndby IF in 1999, with whom he won the 2002 and 2005 Danish Superliga championships...
(born 1979), Danish professional footballer - Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
(born 1959), Australian chess Grandmaster - David JohansenDavid JohansenDavid Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
(born 1950), American singer, songwriter, and actor - Gotfred JohansenGotfred JohansenGotfred Svend Kristian Johansen was a Danish lightweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s.He was born in Copenhagen and died in Egebæksvang, Helsingør Municipality...
(1895-1978), Danish lightweight professional boxer - H.W. "Woody" Johansen (1913-1991), American engineer and namesake of the Johansen ExpresswayJohansen ExpresswayThe Johansen Expressway is an approximately 4.5-mile long expressway in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Johansen Expresway serves as a northern bypass to the city, and is notable for being the only highway in Alaska to have exit numbers...
- Hans JohansenHans JohansenHans Johansen was a Danish-Russian professor of zoology, first at Tomsk State University, later at the University of Copenhagen.-Life:...
(1897-1973), Russian-Danish zoologist - Henry JohansenHenry JohansenHenry "Tippen" Johansen was a Norwegian professional football goalkeeper.-Club career:On club level, he played for Vålerenga from 1923–46.-International career:...
(1904-1988), Norwegian international football goalkeeper - Hermann JohansenHermann JohansenHermann Eduardovich Johansen was a Russian biologist and ornithologist. He graduated with a degree in zoology from Tartu University in 1889. He moved to Tomsk in 1893 and began teaching German, physics and natural history in the Alekseyev school. From 1899, he taught zoology and comparative...
(1866–1930), Russian zoologist - Hjalmar JohansenHjalmar JohansenFredrik Hjalmar Johansen was a polar explorer from Norway. He shipped out with Fridtjof Nansen's Fram expedition in 1893–1896, and accompanied Nansen to notch a new Farthest North record near the North Pole on what was then the frozen Arctic Ocean...
(1867-1913), Norwegian polar explorer - Holger Hott JohansenHolger Hott JohansenHolger Hott, formerly Holger Hott Johansen, is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who has won two individual long distance bronze medals in the World Championships in 2004 and 2005. He was part of Norway's relay team that took gold in the World Championships in Japan in 2005...
(born 1974), Norwegian orienteering competitor - Iris JohansenIris JohansenIris Johansen is an American author of crime fiction and romance novels.-Biography:Johansen began writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels,...
(born 1938), American author - Jacob Lerche JohansenJacob Lerche JohansenJacob Lerche Johansen was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs for several periods between 1872 and 1884, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm several times during the same period.-References:...
(1818-1900), Norwegian Minister of the Navy - Jan Johansen (born 1966), Swedish singer
- Johan Strand JohansenJohan Strand JohansenJohan Strand Johansen was Norwegian Minister of Labour in 1945. From 1945-1949 and later from 1954-1957 he represented the Communist Party of Norway in the Parliament of Norway...
(1903-1970), Norwegian Minister of Labour and politician - John Johansen (athlete) (1883–1947), Norwegian sprinter
- John Christen JohansenJohn Christen JohansenJohn Christen Johansen was a Danish-American portraitist, born in Copenhagen and died in New Canaan, Connecticut.-Background:...
(1876-1964), Danish-American portraitist - Jon Lech JohansenJon Lech JohansenJon Lech Johansen , also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian programmer famous for his work on reverse engineering data formats....
(born 1983), Norwegian known for reverse engineering data formats - K. V. JohansenK. V. JohansenK.V. Johansen is a Canadian fantasy, science fiction, and children's author.Born in Kingston, Ontario, Johansen holds Master's degrees in Medieval Studies and English literature.She lives in Sackville, New Brunswick....
(born 1968), Canadian fantasy and children's author - K. W. Johansen (born ?), Author of the yieldYield (engineering)The yield strength or yield point of a material is defined in engineering and materials science as the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically. Prior to the yield point the material will deform elastically and will return to its original shape when the applied stress is removed...
theory for connectionsFastenerA fastener is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together.Fasteners can also be used to close a container such as a bag, a box, or an envelope; or they may involve keeping together the sides of an opening of flexible material, attaching a lid to a container,...
(1949) - Kevin JohansenKevin JohansenKevin Johansen is an Argentine-American rock musician. Born to an Argentine mother, Marta Calvet, and an American father, he lived most of his childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved with his family to Buenos Aires at the age of 12...
(born 1964), Argentine-American rock musician - Kyle JohansenKyle JohansenKyle Johansen is the Republican Majority Leader in the Alaska House of Representatives representing Alaska's 1st District since 2006. He is a member of several committees, including the Transportation Committee, Economic Development, Trade & Tourism Special Committee, Energy Special Committee, the...
(born 1967), American politician - Lars Emil JohansenLars Emil JohansenLars Emil Johansen was the second Prime Minister of Greenland, serving from 1991 to 1997.Johansen was chairman of the political party Siumut between 1987 and 1997, seated in the Landsting from its creation in 1979...
(born 1946), second Prime Minister of Greenland - Magne JohansenMagne JohansenMagne Johansen is a Norwegian ski jumper who competed from 1987 to 1993. He won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships....
(born 1965), Norwegian ski jumper - Michael JohansenMichael JohansenMichael Bro Johansen is a Danish former professional football player, who most notably played as a midfielder for English club Bolton Wanderers. He played two games for the Danish national team in 2000 and 2002, and was an unused substitute at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
(born 1972), Danish professional football player - Pål Johansen (born 1973), Norwegian psychologist
- Paul Johansen (1901-1965), Estonian-German historian of Danish origin
- Pete JohansenPete JohansenPete Johansen is a Norwegian violinist born 11 May 1962, recognized for his many recordings in albums by gothic metal bands, in which he is distinguished for his peculiar style. The Scarr is his latest known project....
violin player, session member of bands Sirenia, Tristania and others - Ravi (Ivar Johansen)Ravi (Ivar Johansen)Ivar Christian Johansen is a Norwegian popular musician under the pseudonym Ravi . He writes songs with Anders Løvlie under the name Ravi og DJ Løv....
(born 1976), Norwegian musician - Roar Johansen (born 1935), Norwegian footballer
- Ryan JohansenRyan JohansenRyan Johansen is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League . Growing up, he played minor hockey in the Greater Vancouver area until joining the junior ranks with the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Hockey League for one season...
(born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player - Sharon JohansenSharon JohansenSharon Johansen is a Norwegian-American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1972 issue...
(born 1948), Norwegian-American model and actress - Stig JohansenStig JohansenStig Johansen is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for FK Bodø/Glimt.He made his debut for Bodø/Glimt in 1993 and played 70 games before he was signed by English Premiership side Southampton, in 1997. His spell at the English side was spent mostly in the reserves and rarely played...
(born 1972), Norwegian professional football striker - Terje Riis JohansenTerje Riis JohansenTerje Riis-Johansen is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Finance...
(born 1968), Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Centre Party - Tor Egil JohansenTor Egil JohansenTor Egil "Toro" Johansen is a retired Norwegian footballer.He was born in Oslo. A midfielder with 52 caps and 7 goals for his country, he was even the national team captain in 14 matches during the 1970s....
(born 1950), Norwegian footballer