Johannes Skaar

{{short description|19th and 20th-century Norwegian bishop}}

{{distinguish|Johannes Skar}}

{{Use dmy dates |date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend

| name = Johannes Nilsson Skaar

| honorific_suffix =

| image = NFB49724 Johannes Nilssøn Skaar.jpg

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| caption = Johannes Nilsson Skaar, photographed by Gustav Borgen

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1828|11|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kvam, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1904|12|13|1828|11|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Trondheim, Norway

| nationality = Norwegian

| education = cand.theol. (1857)

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| occupation = Priest

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| religion = Christian

| church = Church of Norway

| spouse = Cathinka Wilhelmine Pauline Hansen (1857-1896)
Marie Jacoba Flood (1898-1904)

| children =

| parents = Nils Gjermundsen Skaar
Elseber Torgeirsdatter Flatabø

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}}

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.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Johannes Nilsson Skaar |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Johannes_Nilsson_Skaar |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 April 2010 }} 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.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Johannes Skaar |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Arne Bugge |last=Amundsen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Johannes_Skaar/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 April 2010}}

Skaar's daughter Anna Elisabet was married to politician Sven Adolf Svensen.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sven Svensen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Knut |last=Jordheim |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Sven_Svensen | language=Norwegian |accessdate=25 November 2016}}