Career
He obtained the candidate.jur. degree at the Royal Frederick University in 1872 and worked as a barrister in Frederikshald from 1875. He was appointed as a brigade attorney (brigadeauditør) in 1888 and was appointed as war attorney (krigsadvokat) in Frederikshald in 1901. He was an active amateur painter and singer, and wrote several plays for Fredrikshald Theatre.
They were the parents of Elin Johannesen (born 1879), who married captain and barrister in Frederikshald Arne Grøntvedt (1873–1909), and Karin Hount Johannesen (1887–1971), who married Swedish estate owner and count Georg Trolle-Wachtmeister (1884–1971).
Villa Solbraa in Halden was built for him in 1895, designed by Wilhelm Christian Suhrke.