He wrote the beautiful words of the "Muskego Manifesto". Johannes Johansen had left Store Walle in Lier on June 28, 1839 and sailed for America with his traveling companion Soren Tollefsen Bache. They went to Muskego in the summer of 1840 from the Fox River colony. Johansen was fluent in English and tutored Bache on the language. The two of them were the first Norwegians to settle in what would become Norway Township in Racine County. They are credited as founders and leaders of the Norwegian-American settlement at Muskego Lake.
Source: Utvandrarregister for Tinn 1837-1907
Source: Norwegian Immigrants To The United States, A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume One 1825-1843. By Gerhard B. Naeseth. p. 109, #24-27. Contributed by Jackie Hufschmid