August Edgar Johansen (July 21, 1905 – April 16, 1995) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Johansen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the public schools in Battle Creek, Michigan.

He was a member of the Calhoun County Tax Allocation Board in 1949 and 1950 and served as administrative assistant to U.S. Representative Paul W. Shafer from 1951 to 1954.

[4] The Washington Post described him as one of the most consistent non-Southern opponents of civil rights legislation in his era.

Johansen later served as executive vice president of the Robert A. Taft Institute for Government from 1966 to 1967.