Sigurd Jonny Hansen (born April 28, 1966) is a Norwegian-American captain and co-owner of the fishing vessel F/V Northwestern.

After he graduated from high school, he began fishing year-round, spending on average 10 months per year in Alaska and the Bering Sea.

[2] As of 2011, Hansen serves as the full-time captain during king and opilio crab seasons, as well as the pot cod fishery on the Northwestern.

In March 2010, Hansen became a published author with the release of his book (co-written with Mark Sundeen) North By Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters, which reached the bestseller list of the New York Times[4] and the Wall Street Journal.

During the show, he expressed his desire to be a contestant on the next season of the hit ABC reality television series Dancing with the Stars.

[9] In 2014, Hansen was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame along with Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen and singer Bobby Vee.

[18] In early October 2018, right before the king crab season, he suffered a severe allergic reaction to an antibiotic, which caused a second heart attack.