Anna Carolina Johnson (1881–1944) was born in Sweden, before immigrating to Michigan at age 10. Her marriage to Charles J. Johnson in 1907 brought her to Grand Marais, where she became a respected art teacher and a local entrepreneur. In addition to her paintings, which frequently depicted scenes of the North Shore and the Gunflint Wagon Road, she created and sold ceramics, etchings, and stained glass from a gift shop in the original Johnson Trading Post.