Johansen

'Son of Johan' — the Norwegian John, in the -sen patronymic. The Dano-Norwegian counterpart of the Swedish Johansson. Johansen is the Norwegian son of Johan, a common patronymic of the coast and the towns — borne by Hjalmar Johansen, the hard companion who skied across the polar ice with Fridtjof Nansen and survived a winter in a stone hut on Franz Josef Land.

Yes, Johansen is a Norwegian surname. Its editorial home in this atlas is Norwegian, where the historical territory and family record of the name are concentrated.

Johansen is the Norwegian son of Johan, a common patronymic of the coast and the towns — borne by Hjalmar Johansen, the hard companion who skied across the polar ice with Fridtjof Nansen and survived a winter in a stone hut on Franz Josef Land. European hereditary surnames crystallised broadly between the 12th and 14th centuries, and the Johansen name took its modern form within that long settlement.

Son of Johan — the Norwegian John. Johansen is the Norwegian son of Johan, a common patronymic of the coast and the towns — borne by Hjalmar Johansen, the hard companion who skied across the polar ice with Fridtjof Nansen and survived a winter in a stone hut on Franz Josef Land.

Norwegian is the primary historical home of the Johansen surname. In the modern era, the name is also borne across the wider diaspora, particularly in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where families carry the line of descent from the same Norwegian origin recorded on this page.

The Clan Rising page for the Johansen family covers the meaning of the surname, the historical geography of the name and the seat of the head of the family. Each section is linked to the underlying atlas of Norwegian so the name can be read in the geography that shaped it.

The seat for the head of the Johansen family is currently vacant on this register. Clan Rising is rebuilding the chief and family structure for the modern era, and the family page allows readers to claim the seat or pledge to the name.