Peder Johnsen
Peder Johnsen was a Norwegian sailor who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.
Peder Johnsen was born at Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder, Norway. He was the youngest of ten siblings. Johnsen served as a commissioner officer in the Royal Norwegian Navy. He was an accountant at Kristiansand shipyard in Vest-Agder, before he was assigned as a midshipman. In later years, he was the captain of the bark De Tvende Brødre.
Peder Johnsen represented The Royal Norwegian Navy at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. together with Jens Schow Fabricius,
Thomas Konow, and Even Thorsen. He belonged to the independence party.
In 1810, Peder Johnsen married Catharine Margrethe Nielsdatter. They were the parents of seven children. The family lived on Skippergata street in the central business district of Kvadraturen in Kristiansand.
