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to naval officer Paul Martin Johansen and Marie Sophie Hvoslef, and was a brother of Jacob Lerche Johansen. In 1852, he married Hanne Wilhelmine Cathrine Thrap, a sister of Daniel Thrap. He graduated as a jurist from the

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in Christiania in 1843. From 1853, he was appointed superintendent at the

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and ''Fødselsstiftelsen'' in Christiania. He served as bailiff in

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from 1873 to 1896. Johansen established the first school for the blind in Norway in 1860, ''Christiania Blindeinstitut''. In 1860 he also established the society ''Foreningen For Blinde'', which he chaired from 1860 to 1910. He was decorated Knight of the

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in 1887.

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1823 births 1913 deaths People from Larvik University of Oslo alumni Norwegian civil servants Norwegian disability rights activists {{Norway-gov-bio-stub