Espen Johnsen (born 20 December 1979) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper.

[2] He was mostly benched his first two years there because of the Icelandic goalkeeper Arni Gautur Arason, who left Rosenborg in 2003 for Manchester City.

After becoming second choice in Rosenborg after the purchase of Lars Hirschfeld, Johnsen made it clear that he was not satisfied with his "demotion", and on 6 October 2006, Strømsgodset announced that he had agreed to join them on a one-year loan deal starting in January 2007.

In March 2010 he was linked to Swedish champions AIK and according to Norwegian press, he was edging closer to a deal with them.

Despite offers from Rosenborg and others Johnsen retired as a player in 2010 due to suffering from jumper's knee, and to focus on his studies.