Editing Jon Lech Johansen (section)

==Early life and education==
Jon Lech Johansen was born in [[Harstad Municipality|Harstad]] to a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] father and a [[Polish people|Polish]] mother.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Paulsen |first=Ivar L. |date=2012-09-07 |title=Blant Norges viktigste |trans-title=Among Norway's most important |url=https://www.ht.no/nyheter/i/ppzX01/blant-norges-viktigste |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=[[Harstad Tidende]] |language=no}}</ref> The family later moved to [[Lardal]], where he grew up.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Rune |date=2005-04-13 |title=Dyster spådom |trans-title=Gloomy prediction |url=https://www.nrk.no/vestfoldogtelemark/dyster-spadom-1.279322 |access-date=2024-06-24 |publisher=[[NRK]] |language=no}}</ref> At the age of twelve, Johansen began learning programming.<ref name=":4" /> He attended [[Thor Heyerdahl Upper Secondary School]] in [[Larvik]].<ref name=":5" />

In a post on his blog, he said that in the 1990s he started with a book (''Programming the 8086/8088''), the web ("[[Fravia]]'s site was a goldmine") and [[IRC]] ("Lurked in a [[x86 assembly]] IRC channel and picked up tips from wise wizards").<ref>Jon Lech Johansen’s blog, [http://nanocr.eu/2006/02/09/reverse-engineering/ "Reverse Engineering"], 2006-02-09. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.</ref>