Peder Johnsen (baptised 30 November 1783 – 10 June 1836) was a Norwegian sailor who served as a representative at the

Norwegian Constituent Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...

in 1814. Peder Johnsen was born at

Tvedestrand is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center is the Tvedestrand (town), t ...

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, ) was a county (''fylke'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . ...

, Norway. He was the youngest of ten siblings. Johnsen served as a commissioner officer in the

Royal Norwegian Navy The Royal Norwegian Navy () is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for navy, naval operations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard. , the Royal Norwegian Navy consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 i ...

. He was an accountant at

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

shipyard in

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...

, 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

. 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. ''Johnsen, Peder'' (Eidsvollsmann)
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1783 births 1836 deaths People from Tvedestrand Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Norwegian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Fathers of the Constitution of Norway {{Norway-politician-1780s-stub