Show ContentsJohannson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Johannson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Johannson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • J Johannson, aged 16, who landed in New York in 1864 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Johannson (post 1700) +

  • James "Jim" Johannson (1964-2018), American professional NHL ice hockey player from Rochester, Minnesota, awarded the Ironman Award (1990-1991)
  • John Joseph Johannson (b. 1961), retired American NHL ice hockey center from Rochester, Minnesota
  • Knut Hartvig Johannson (b. 1937), Norwegian businessperson, heir to the Joh. Johannson company
  • Ole Hartvig Nissen Johannson MBE (1875-1957), Norwegian businessperson
  • Thorkell Wallace "Wally" Johannson (b. 1936), Canadian politician, New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1973
  • Johan Johannson (b. 1967), Norwegian wealthy businessperson, heir to the Joh. Johannson company
  • Johan Johannson, Norwegian founder of Joh. Johannson, a wholesaling company in 1866


  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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