Inge Johannes Tjernes Johansen (21 May 1928 – 5 December 2018)[1] was a Norwegian electrical engineer and academic.
Johansen was born in Gjerpen to an electrician and a homemaker.
[2] He chaired the Statoil board from 1984 to 1987 but resigned together with the rest of the board members after they lost control over spending in the Mongstad project.
Johansen contributed to the establishment of Kathmandu University, for which a university building was named after him: the Prof. Inge Johansen Engineering Block.
[3][4] Johansen was decorated in 1981 as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav for his work in technical research and education in Norway.