Background
Johnson, Axel Petrus was born on September 24, 1878 in Gefle, Sweden. Son of Charles August and Hanna Christina (Hammer) Johnson.
Johnson, Axel Petrus was born on September 24, 1878 in Gefle, Sweden. Son of Charles August and Hanna Christina (Hammer) Johnson.
Came with parents to the United States, 1888. Educational public schools, Minneapolis, and special student, University of Minnesota, 1901-1903.
Evelyn. Reporter Minneapolis Tribune, 1900-1903. Advisory manager Minneapolis Times, 1903, Milwaukee Sentinel, 1905-1906. Business manager Chicago Record-Herald.
1906-1912, general manager, 1913-1915. Public and proprietor Grand Rapids News, 1912-1922. President A.P. Johnson Company, publications and printers since 1921.
Member Company I, 15th Regiment, Minnesota Volumes, Spanish-American War. Member of the board of Library Commissioners, Grand Rapids Public Library, 1926-1942, president 1930-1936. Member national board Camp Fire Girls, 1928-1934.
Clubs: Rotary (honorary), Torch (Grand Rapids). Compiler: Library of Advertising (6 volumes), 1912.
Married Augusta A. Holgerson, December 2, 1902.