Background
Peder Johnsen was born at Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder, Norway.
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 (Søe-Deffensionen) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. together with Jens Schow Fabricius, Thomas Konow, and Even Thorsen. He belonged to the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet).
In 1810, Peder Johnsen married Catharine Margrethe Nielsdatter (1788-1832). They were the parents of seven children.
The family lived on Skippergata street in the central business district of Kvadraturen in Kristiansand.