Johannes Smemo
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Right Reverend Johannes Smemo |
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|---|---|
| Bishop | |
| Church | Church of Norway |
| Diocese |
Diocese of Agder Diocese of Oslo |
| Appointed | 1946 |
| In office | 1946-1951 (Agder) 1951-1968 (Oslo) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 July 1898 Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway |
| Died | 7 March 1973 (aged 74) Oslo, Norway |
| Buried | Vår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Denomination | Christian |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Education | Cand.theol. |
| Alma mater | MF Norwegian School of Theology |
Johannes Smemo (31 July 1898–7 March 1973) was a Norwegian theologian, psalmist, and a long-time bishop in the Church of Norway. Theologically, he was a conservative, confessional Lutheran priesst who lived during the time of great liberal-conservative debates within the Church of Norway.
Smemo was born on 31 July 1898 at Rugldalen in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. He was born to a railroad foreman John Smemo and teacher Marie ("Mali") Grytbak. He grew up in Åsen. In 1929, he married Marie (“Bissen”) Bjønness-Jacobsen, the daughter of Mikkel Bjønness-Jacobsen. Smemo is the father-in-law of Paul Thyness. He died in Oslo, Norway on 7 March 1973 and he is buried at the Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo.
He was a Commander with star of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav and a Commander 1st class of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star. He received a gold King Haakon VII Commemorative Medal for his work at the funeral of the Norwegian King. Smemo received an honorary Doctor of Theology degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota in the United States.
Education was important in his family as he was growing up. Many in the family were teachers, so books, music and living Christianity were part of his everyday life. He first went to the "Fredly kristelige ungdomsskole" (a Christian elementary school) in Børsa. At that school in 1914-1915 he has a religious breakthrough and accepted Christ as his savior. Later he went to school in Volda in 1916, followed by attending the Trondheim Cathedral School, where he took his examen artium in 1919. He immediately went on to the Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo where he received a Cand.theol. degree in 1924.
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