Johan Christian Johnsen

Johan Christian Johnsen (23 July 1815 - 2 February 1898) was a Norwegian politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, 1851 and 1854, representing the constituency of Stavanger. He worked as a merchant in that city. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11522 Johan Christian Johnsen] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]

Johnsen was also a writer. He founded the magazine "Almuevennen" in 1848, and wrote enlightening books such as "Frihandelen" (1860) and "Reise i Universet" (1885). He published an encyclopedia in three volumes, "Norsk Haandlexikon for almennyttige Kundskaber", and a short version "Haandbog til Brug for alle : kortfattet Konversationslexikon". [ [http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/result?cmd=&kilde=biblio&fid=forfatter&term=johan+christian+johnsen&op=and&fid=bd&term=&arstall=&sortering=sortdate&treffPrSide=50 List of publications in BIBSYS] ]

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