Education
Johansen was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, where he and fellow students established the band Urban Connection in 1996 and Come Shine (1999–2003).
Johansen was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, where he and fellow students established the band Urban Connection in 1996 and Come Shine (1999–2003).
He has also contributed to releases with Jon Larsen, the Atle Nymo/Frode Nymo Quartet and January Garbarek. He also plays with a series of other bands and participates on many recordings. With the Håvard Wiik Trio he has performed with Ole Morten Vågan, and at the Oslo Jazz Festival 2006, he played with Jon Gordon in quartet with Roger Arntzen and Asbjørn Lerheim.
1998: This year"s Young Jazz Musicians.
1998: This year"s Young Jazz Musicians 2000: 1st Prize in "Avignon Jazz Contest" 2001: «Young Nordic Jazz Comets» in København, with the band «Motif» 2001: "Spellemannsprisen" for the album Urban Connection, with «Urban Connection» 2002: "Spellemannsprisen" for the album Do do that voodoo, with «Come Shine» 2013: Kongsberg Jazz Award.
He has also been a regular member of Håvard Stubø Quartet.
