Jacob Lerche Johansen

{{Short description|Norwegian naval officer and politician}}

File:Jacob Lerche Johansen.png

Jacob Lerche Johansen (1818–1900) was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/Jacob_Lerche_Johansen|title=Jacob Lerche Johansen|last=Mardal|first=Magnus A.|publisher=Store Norske Leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-06-09}} He was Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs for several periods between 1872 and 1884,{{efn|1872–1873, 1874–1877, 1878–1880, 1880–1881 and 1882–1884}} as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm several times during the same period.{{efn|1873–1874, 1877–1878, 1881–1882 and 1884}}{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/j.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917215735/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/j.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-17|title=Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"|publisher=Government.no|accessdate=2011-06-09}}

He was a brother of civil servant Jochum Johansen.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jochum Johansen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Arne |last=Husveg |authorlink=Arne Husveg |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Jochum_Johansen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=25 March 2016}}