Simon Johnson (26 September 1874 - 16 July 1970) was a Norwegian-born American newspaper editor and author.
Johnson took the job as secretary to the temperance movement in North Dakota in 1901 and continued with it for 7 years.
Fallitten paa Braastad, written in 1922 tells of a farm built by hard work.
At the same time, he was often skeptical of populist groups in the Midwest and he criticized American political efforts to achieve assimilation.
During 1920-24, he moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota where he was editor of the Norwegian language publication Nordmands.
[4][5] Simon Johnson was appointed Knight of the First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1954.