Kurt Johnstad

Kurt Johnstad – “300: Rise of an Empire” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Kazuki Hirata / HollywoodNewsWire.net / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Kurt Olaf Johnstad

Place of Birth: Wisconsin, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 14, 1968

Ethnicity:
*Norwegian (father)

Kurt Johnstad is an American screenwriter.

Kurt is the son of Carol and Errol Johnstad.

Kurt’s paternal grandfather was Ernest Adolph Johnstad (the son of Stanphord Eugene Johnstad and Amanda Amundson). Stanphord was born in Wisconsin, the son of Norwegian parents, Sven “Sam” Johnstad/Johnsted and Julie Guro Knutson. Amanda was born in Wisconsin, also to Norwegian parents.

Kurt’s paternal grandmother was Geraldine L. Anderson (the daughter of Olaf Albert Anderson and Gena Nelson). Olaf was born in Wisconsin, the son of Norwegian parents, with his father being Mathias Tangbakken. Gena was born in Wisconsin, to a Norwegian father, Gunder Gabriel Nelson, and a mother from Wisconsin, Luella “Ella” Mathson Holte, whose own parents were Norwegian.

Source: Death record of Kurt’s father – http://www.findagrave.com