Johannes Skaar

Johannes Nilsson Skaar
The Right Reverend; Johannes Nilsson Skaar
	Johannes Nilsson Skaar, photographed by Gustav Borgen
Church	Church of Norway
Personal details
Born	15 November 1828; Kvam, Norway
Died	13 December 1904 (aged 76); Trondheim, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Denomination	Christian
Parents	Nils Gjermundsen Skaar; Elseber Torgeirsdatter Flatabø
Spouse	Cathinka Wilhelmine Pauline Hansen (1857-1896); Marie Jacoba Flood (1898-1904)
Occupation	Priest
Education	cand.theol. (1857)

Johannes Nilssøn Skaar ( (also spelled Johannes Nilsson Skaar)) (15 November 1828 – 13 December 1904) was a Norwegian bishop and hymnologist.

Skaar was born in Øystese, Kvam, Norway in 1828. He received his cand.theol. degree in 1857. Skaar began his career in Skien where he was a chaplain. He went on to be a parish priest in Gjerpen in 1872. In 1885, he was named the bishop of the Diocese of Tromsø. He served in that post until 1892 when he was appointed as the bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros. He served there until his death in 1904.[1] He was decorated a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1887 and then a Commander of the same order in 1893.[2]

Skaar's daughter Anna Elisabet was married to politician Sven Adolf Svensen.[3]

Selected works

Lovsange og aandelige Viser (1863)
Norsk salmehistorie (1879–1880)

References

Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Johannes Nilsson Skaar". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
Amundsen, Arne Bugge. "Johannes Skaar". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
Jordheim, Knut. "Sven Svensen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

Religious titles
Preceded by Jakob Sverdrup Smitt	Bishop of Tromsø 1885–1892	Succeeded by Peter Wilhelm Kreydahl Bøckmann
Preceded by Niels Laache	Bishop of Trondhjem 1892–1904	Succeeded by Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen

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[snl-1] Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Johannes Nilsson Skaar". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

[nbl-2] Amundsen, Arne Bugge. "Johannes Skaar". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

[3] Jordheim, Knut. "Sven Svensen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 November 2016.